expatabroad
2/27/2017 05:49 EST
I have been to taganga many times.
I like its views and the beach (even though it can be extremely crowded on the weekends) but I am very aware of the dagnerous things about it -
* occasionally (depending on things like high/low season, weekend or weekday, and some random events) a group of gangs from outside taganga come and rob tourists.
* many hippies there are just there for the drugs
* some of the locals there are (as I have read in some blogs) very NOT friendly towards tourists. not all, but also not just a few people. It's not fun feeling unwelcomed by the locals when you think about it ..
Also, as a foreigner buying land you will probably face many local real estate sharks (which exists EVERYWHERE on earth), so if you don't know what you are doing - then you are in trouble.
Can anyone share his own/his friends' experiences on buying land in taganga ?
for that matter - santa marta as well.
thanks
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cccmedia
2/27/2017 07:35 EST
There has been friction for decades between the traditional local population of Taganga and the hostel industry over Gringo investments. (Wikipedia)
To the outsider, it appears that to invest in this onetime sleepy fishing village turned backpacker hub .. one would probably need a strong incentive.
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2/28/2017 07:38 EST
A concrete waterfront was built in Taganga that serves little purpose today beside attracting dogs and beggars. It's so hot in Taganga that everyone there sleeps all day and parties at night.
-- Mark Moxon's travel blog
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joemindwarp
2/28/2017 10:27 EST
I was looking at a property there 2 years ago, turn key ready, 3 levels, 3rd level private apartment, 1 and 2nd levels private bedrooms and open air kitchen. The American bar owner on the beach in Taganga showed it to me but the owner could not decide tro sell, Private well (very important) and a gated property with an inground pool
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cccmedia
3/1/2017 03:11 EST
Taganga is a cautionary tale about overdevelopment of a small town.
Parts of it look like a place that has been hit by a bomb.
-- lonelyplanet.com
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bickmed
3/1/2017 06:42 EST
I know a Brit who bought land in Taganga about 8 years ago. He intended to open a hostel. It was a nightmare for him, besides probably a poor location. He built a house, could not get it to work, and then had a nightmare trying to sell (title issues). He sold in the end, however lost a fair bit of money, and probably a few years due to stress.
I would say be very careful; it is not a place I would ever consider (even if I did not think it was an absolutely horrible place with zero redeeming features).
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cccmedia
3/1/2017 08:52 EST
Bickmed brings up the title issue.
That's no small deal in a place such as Taganga.
By that I mean that when a place in South America gets overgrown .. and then the authorities realize that there are title and land-use problems....
.... that's when they start scrutinizing any property purchases, especially if it's a Gringo with no juice at city hall, and here comes renewed enforcement of the rules.
Don't do any tenuous deals in Taganga .. and certainly not without an experienced local attorney who has some juice and knows the proverbial lay of the land.
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3/2/2017 04:49 EST
Bearded travel writer Mike Moxon writes that, within a few minutes of stepping foot in Taganga the first time, he was offered weed for sale by three different parties.
Moxon concludes that Taganga is "fueled by t'ganja."
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3/3/2017 00:02 EST
Beware some of the many diving schools in Taganga.
Some have old equipment, their courses do not observe safety-stop and other safety rules .. and there are dive schools that fail to issue course-completion certificates.
-- Wiki Travel
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3/4/2017 03:33 EST
From the TripAdvisor thread titled "Don't Go To Taganga":
-- The roads are rubble and the whole place is a complete mess.
-- As for the beach, there isn't one. A small mud flat doesn't count.
-- Drugged-up backpackers have taken over.
-- The place is not only dangerous and squalid, but worst of all it's boring.
(Above posts are from 2015 and 2016.)
-- cccmedia
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3/6/2017 03:48 EST
From vagabondinglife.com's review of Tanganga, Colombia....
"A foul parody of Paradise. Looking picturesque from the top of a cliff -- when you are too far away to see the ashtray they call a beach or the condoms floating on the water."
-- Travel blogger Greg Rodgers (2009)
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3/7/2017 06:20 EST
"The heat and humidity had me sweating from the moment I stepped off the plane, and that was after the sun had already gone down....
"The main strip of Taganga was downright depressing....
"The beach itself was small and dirty."
-- Editor of Gobackpacking.com
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