Hotel Estelar Poblado Alejandria Medellin

... dog. However, now I am a dog beater. J

Another good day was when my buddy Kiwi from Ireland showed up and he and I went out to see some sites. While we were out, we met a girl from Mexico City and ended up spending the day together walking around and taking pictures. She had a very dry sense of humor and sharp whit. It was like hanging with myself. She knew I was a tourist and spoke English because I was so loud. J J Ah, the loud American ...

... br>Monday 7th September
We all got up around 10ish. Danny, Pun and I headed to El Penol. A giant rock with a lookout over some amazing lakes not far from Medellin.
We caught the metro train to the bus terminal and got a bus to El Penol. Pretty easy day really, we climbed the rock, took some photos, ate some trout for lunch and got the bus back to the hostel.
The view was amazing, but being idiots that we are, we had to spoil it by ******* in a bin on top of the rock ...

... only one in Colombia I believe?) which makes it easy to get around and the viaducts above street level allow more views of the city below and around which beats having to take the bus anyday!

Most of the literature on Medellin provides a detailed history of the influence of the drug lords and the violence experienced not that long ago, but there are few reminders here now. The city is just like any big city - busy, polluted and easy to find your way around.

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... definitely always be a very delightful memory...haha. Justine was not as fortunate to build up a tolerance to such things, and I don´t think she got to sleep all night. David took us to a really nice hostel where we coincidentally ended up meeting with a bunch of other travelers we had made friends with in other places. The hostel was full of a lot of great people and we spent a good amount of time checking out the city ...

... tablets. It seems that there is now an injection given as an anti malaria and we can get it free at the local clinic, unfortunately only on Wednesdays and Fridays, so that does not fit in. Apart from that the only anti-malaria available is Chloroquine, which is not really effective in this region. In addition we tried to pose some cards to UK; we had already got the stamps so just needed a box. Mike was told that the post office was in the ton hall building and ...

... do from sunrise to sunset. All the while, the children laughed- made fun of my Spanish- and chatted happily as they worked. I can't help but think back to my childhood- grumbling and hating the handful of chores that I had around the house- taking me no more than a couple of minutes out of my play time. And I can not help but feel very ashamed. This journal entry is not intended to preach or tell you something that I know you all already know. Perhaps I just want this to be a ...

... setting at a somewhere higher elevation than the surrounding coffee farms). From Manizales, I made my way around landslides and roads under repairs--to Colombia's most-beautiful city, Medellin! Easy to stay here for extended stays, Medellin offers a great mix of wonderful weather, a friendly and oh-so-beautiful populace, and a range of restaurants and activities that might make you wonder if you are ...

... the people are great, and it has good vibe. A much better journey this time with both of us sleeping the whole way,..arrived to a wet Bogota around 10 am, left our luggage in the terminal and headed to the centre for breakfast, then headed to Parque 49, a suburb of Bogota that we were told was cool. In fairness it was very western though we did enjoy another copy of Juan ...

... siguientes dias se celebraria la asamblea de la OEA(organizacion de Estados Americanos). A mi lado venia un Newyorkino recidente en Alemania y DJ de profesion que venia a un tour por medellin, Bogota, Cali y Cartagena. Varios Arabes,Asiaticos y Americanos se podian distinguir. Despues de tres horas de vuelo llegamos a Medellin donde el clima primaveral nos recibia en todo su explendor.

... the mayor's office), he said that everything was fine then. As we continued down some steep steps, confirmed quietly that he was a paramilitary, and must have been watching. I thought back to his grimace as he spoke to us and got a sudden chill as I wandered how many crimes he must have committed. What I saw next shocked me even more. We were entering the barrios from the main road, and inside this maze of displaced people's homes were streets made ...