Hotel Estelar Poblado Plaza Medellin

... before walked up and recognized me and let me go. 20 minutes later, I was back in my 2nd home. The Black Sheep hostel.<br><br><br>The second day back I hung out at the hostel meeting all the new people and headed out to a Darby. A soccer game between 2 local teams. It was awesome. I went with 3 other people and almost got squished at the gate because so many people were trying to get in at the same time. One the cops broke it up and the person who ...

... us at the hostel with his girlfriend (absolutly stunning girl......stunning) and took us to his coffee shop to show us around. We hung out in his place for the afternoon while he worked and that evening we went to his girlfriend's finca or country house, about an hour outside of the city. The house was gorgeous, reminded me a lot of Ballyvaughan only more remote. Dave and Milena left for work the next day and Brian and I headed for ...

... extreme sport but essentially I had to run off a cliff and float down Medellin below by a parachute. Luckily there was a pilot who did all of the actual work involved but it was exhilarating flying above the city. It was only after we landed that the pilot told me that we almost died. Apparently there was lack of wind to go higher and for a while there was no wind at all and we were falling fast. Luckily during the ride I had no awareness of this but I figured if it had ...

... I meet, chillin. It's good to be on the road again. Coolest thing I've done in Medellin: one morning a parcero (buddy) came by with a live rabbit in a burlap sack. We slaughtered (well I just watched), butchered, and marinated the bunny (or food buddy as one friend said). We hiked for an hour or so to some waterfalls in the mountains outside the city, roasted the rabbit, and had a feast in a beautiful setting. From here I'm headed for the Carribean coast.

... pretty much suck at it so at least my translation services were a big help. The next stop took us into the country side. Jorge, a Colombian medical student we met in Cuzco, took us to his family´s country home where I demonstrated my Bar-B-Q skills and tolerance for Aguardiente...a Colombian firewater that will choke you to tears if you let it get the upper hand. I was in Medellin four ...

... times, the weather was perfect! The drive up from Cali was simply delightful, and I am sorry I wasn't able to take time to stop at one of the cofffee plantations. Wild beautiful flowers grow right beside the road, and the environment is so green and wonderful after the desert in Peru. Don´t let the reports scare you out of Colombia!

... in town to take 2 weeks of spanish lessons. We were a bit jealous as it would be a cool city to study in, but we are looking forward to our spanish lessons while canoeing through the Amazon basin of Ecuador. Next stop of the night we met a Colombia who had lived in New York for 5 years. He encouraged us to try some of the bars´ slushies. The deadliest was called Nightmare in spanish. Vodka, Tequilla, Zambucha, Whisky, Rum, and ...

... my friends. A friend from London, Bhairav, is also getting here next week and will be working with Tatiana for a while! I am also thinking of visiting the Pacific coast as a short side trip or doing some accompaniement in Choco with a human rights organisation....On the 30th July I fly to Costa Rica...so I have a couple of days to chill on the beach there perhaps...although I am considering extending my flight for another week or two so that I can visit Nicaragua briefly.

... just my sweatshirt and I was really cold . I asked the driver to make it warmer but he just adjusted the aircon marginally until finally at about 3am the aircon was suddenly turned off for some unknown reason &amp; it thankfully got significantly warmer. Will be thinking carefully before I take night buses again &amp; also next time I will make sure I have layers of clothes from my rucksack - also I'm contemplating buying a sleeping bag for South America as its going to be ...

... had to decide right now I might say no as I am very very tired!!! :o) BBQ was amazing and reason enough to come and stay at the Black Sheep- Kelvin has one every Sunday night...less than US$5 bucks for all you can eat steak, chicken, pork ribs, sausages, plantain, onions, salad and fresh french bread...OMG it was sooooo good to just have a normal meal....actually I don't remember the last Barbie I had that was this good!!!!! Everyone was stuffed and ...