Bare Foot Park (Parque de los Pies Descalzos) Medellin

When I was planning my trip to Colombia, I wanted to find somewhere where I could stop and get to know people, whilst also taking a Spanish course. I looked at a number of university courses but it wasn't clear whether the courses would actually run, there was conflicting information about visa requirements and the university term doesn't start …

Medellin is much like Bogota in that it is a city of much art and many hot chicks. It has very rich, affluent areas and proper dodgy areas too. There is lots of partying to be had here. In fact, that is pretty much all I did, that is pretty much all that one does in Medellin.

On the surface Medellin is perfect in every way, it is …

A beautiful city with a dark history - Escobar

Medellin, one of the most beautiful cities of our trip - and one we actually almost missed. Originially we're not too fond of big cities, at least not more than some days - especially if the coutryside around is so beautiful. However, we had a date with Linda Breukers, a friend from …

... was telling us and even found myself translating for the others. At our first stop was "Parque de los Pies Descazalos" (Bare Foot Park). It is a miraculous idea that adds to the quality of life. The process starts with your entry into a small bamboo ...

... out bodies on the footpaths completely the norm! To be honest I find it very hard to witness.    We arrived at the bare foot park to see an open top bus  pulling in. We had pretty much covered downtown at this stage so hoped on the bus to ...

... the bombing and the people killed. We had seen that there was a park called, Parque de los pies descalzos (the bare foot park). This was in a newer more modern part, where the government buildings were located. The park itself has a fountain waterfall ...