Affinity Suites Aparthotel Medellin

... cute Black Sheep Hostel, located in a residential Patio Bonito, we walked up the street to have dinner. On the way into the restaurant Devin's flip-flop finally gave it and broke. Traveling in this style is really ******* sandals, I've already gone through three pairs. So Devin had to walk all the way back to the hostel, in a really nice area, barefoot.<br><br>The next ...

... off the train and onto a cable car that goes up into one of the poorer neighbourhoods. You only have to pay if you get off, as the train ticket covers the cable car also. So we got off the train, into the cable car, rode it up, stayed in it, came back down and got on the train for the one ticket. Tight ***** i know.<br>The cable car went over one of the normal barrios of Medellin. Nice to see these neighbourhoods as the hostel is in the rich area surrounded by bars ...

... br>I have a wander round the village and people watch, there is a large congregation in the church this morning brought in on buses. There is a band playing in the square and people milling around, sitting drinking in cafes and bars<br>I catch up on the blog and emails, get a haircut on a Sunday, another $2 job!<br>I feel fit enough to be moving on tomorrow morning ...

... een soort van taxi) genomen naar Medellin om morgen naar de wedstrijd Colombia - Peru te gaan. na mijn ervaring in La Paz wil ik die wedstrijd niet missen. Al ben ik bang dat ie alleen maar kan tegen vallen na die legendarische wedstrijd in Bolivia. Aan de andere kant is een voetbalwedstrijd eigenlijk altijd wel mooi dus...<br><br>Het plan is om donderdag een nachtbus te pakken naar Bogota, wat helaas weer een stuk zuidelijker ligt (de route ...

... on acquiring a "retirement" visa in Colombia, which is rather simple to get from what he says. I would go on and do the same, except don't want to be tied down for 6-7 months. Colombia has gone to the top of the list, so if I don't like something else alot better, will return here to Colombia. Medellin is a beautiful city, very cultural, and within budget. It is Xmas time, and we had ...

... we decided to get high...not that kind of high... Charis went para-gliding with Tanya and Arik took a trip to Climb El Penol (the Stone). Charis: The guy who runs it was trained in London and he picked us up and drove us for about an hour up hill. We got to the top of a mountain sitting at about 2500 meters and waited for the clouds to lift so we could have a better view. After hanging out for about an hour they said it was time ...

... Galan, the head of the ELN. Both men seemed far from what I had expected guerillas to be - although they had given up arms now. Caraballo was really polite and quite timid. He definitely had a strong ideological stance on Colombian issues, but couldn't talk much about the situation of the guerilla or the EPL for his own personal safety reasons. He echoed most of the criticisms I had heard from students and academics on the government links with paramilitaries and the ...

... Pablo Escobar, Botero the Artist, beautiful women and one of the towns in the world where plastic surgery happens on a grand scale (big boobs everywhere! Very scary...) We arrived at an Irish owned hostel ( we went through a severe screening process and founding out this particular hostel is Irish, we knew good times are to be had here!) appropiately named the Pit Stop and the first thing I noticed was the high percentage of guys staying there (about 23 guys ...

... people, hammocks and a TV room with DVD's etc....oh and wireless internet so I can book my tickets and accomodations further ahead! Sunday is BBQ nite so a tradtional kiwi style barbie so I look forward to that tomorrow nite ..the travellers here are varied...some aussie, some kiwis, a slovkian a few irish a few isrelis some americans and a coupla poms and some inbetween that I am not sure of...everyone seems to get on well and the house is ...

Okay, so now I'me getting really anxious to put some miles behind me, and any time or money I have left I really want to spend in Guatemala. Of all the places I&#8217;ve seen so far in Latin America (I haven&#8217;t been to Bolivia yet), nothing turns me on like Guatemala, where Maya Indians are the majority population and culture ...