Besides me las vegas reviews, I have gotten more helpful votes on this review than anywhere! I have been coming here for several years now and this area continues to be a no go zone in the day or night! This is probably my last vacation here! There is no chance whatsoever of ever getting a minute of quality rest and relaxation! There are locals that will continue to bother you non-stop to try to get you to buy something or just give them money.
This is the only beach where you can pretend to be sleeping and they still will put their hands on you to get their attention. Do not let the massage girls touch you because they will go ahead and make a scene to try to get some money out of you! This has never happened to me but I have seen it happen many times to other tourist, who will throw some money their way to shut them up!
Even if you are jogging with headphones on they will try to run beside you pointing at their items or trying to get you to stop!
The sunsets and nights are breath taking here, but you can not even come late because the prostitutes and drug dealers are everywhere trying to promote their businesses. For example, tonight I got swarmed on by prostitutes before I even got to the beach and they refused to accept no for answer. I decided to go into a tourist hotel and told them that I was getting harassed by prostitutes and just wanted to hang out in their lobby for a few minutes until they left.
The security said that this would be fine, but another employee called the police, who I do not trust neither. I had already left the hotel and was almost in my hotel when the police stopped to question me about the prostitution issue. The prostitutes all lied that i was the one being aggressive to all of them. The police did not buy their story, but did not do nothing to them neither. The Cartagena political reps. However, nothing is ever actually done and it appears to be getting worse because these locals are getting more assertive and aggressive This is definitely a tourist trap.
