How safe is Choco these days for Americans?

Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Aug 22, 2009, 21:51:

Hmmm, now thats a tough one.. let me think... I would say its about as safe as Buenaventura!

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bradk says on Aug 23, 2009, 00:23:

Ok got it. Thanks... I have heard mixed reported thats why I asked

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Atrevido says on Aug 23, 2009, 04:08:

It depends on where you go. If you stay on the beaten tourist tracks; Capurganá, Bahia Solano, Nuquí for example all is safe and sound but if you head out beyond those destinations the risk increases by leaps and bounds.

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dwmte7 says on Aug 23, 2009, 04:52:

anyone finding themselves in buena ventura, there's only one hotel worth it's salt and a night's stay. that's hotel estacion. and you want to stay in the old wing...remember that.
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Londoner says on Aug 23, 2009, 10:09:

Not very.

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Londoner says on Aug 23, 2009, 10:16:

From my high rise apartment,I look out every day at the mountains of Choco.Unfortunately that,s about as close as it gets.None of my Colombian neighbours or friends who include ganaderos,would consider venturing there.If they have business to do they send an employee to Choco.A lawyer,who is a personal friend was for a while Notario Primero in San Jose de Palmar, until he was run out of town with death threats.Americans and Choco?A dangerous mix.

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Atrevido says on Aug 23, 2009, 14:37:

Nice lookinig hotel. Of course Buenaventura isn´t in Chocó.

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dwmte7 says on Aug 23, 2009, 16:01:

the old wing is the oldest part of the building, ask at the desk. the other part is new, regular,etc. just tell them at the desk. the rooms are nicer and larger.
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Londoner says on Aug 23, 2009, 17:15:

Hotel Estacion is cool,if overpriced.Walk 30 yards from the hotel ,and the odds are you,ll get robbed in the street Americans,listen to the advice for travellers from your Government about Buenaventura ,or pay the price and don,t moan about it aterwards on PBH.

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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2009, 05:25:

londoner speaketh the truth........buenaventura is the closest thing to lagos nigeria i know of. with all due respect for those who suffer from living there, it really is suck city.
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2009, 10:10:

anti.......there's only two things memorable in my various visits to bv........one, i had an intimate affair with my secretary who travelled with me everywhere, and the slate mtns you drive through when coming from cali. the estacion was good in that without it, you would be in a world of hurt.

anti, since you seem to be in the know en re b.v. have you ever walked down by the muelle, or better, in it? remember how your shoes stick to the ground with every step from all the sugar? it's really strange.
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2009, 15:37:

the first time i was down on the sugar docks, my shoe actually pulled off and there i was with my sock in the goo. yick.

it's so like lagos.

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