Hotel Laureles 70
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Sun and Monday in Medellin
... you to the house and gets to meet him and he answers questions. The tour started with them showing us some of Pablo's cars and motorcycle. Then a tour of the house, some bullet homes still in house from where some of the workers tried to kidnap Roberto-only last year and try and find some money that might have been in the house! Then he showed us where he had 'collectives' where he used to hide from the police- secret places in the house. Then it ...
No sign of Escobar......
... car to the Nature Park that is situated high above the city in the mountains that surround us. The weather was scorching so we spent a few hours walking our way around then cabled back. The cable car afforded us very good views of the barrios that line the slopes. We had a fantasic BBQ at the hostel and had an early night before our journey ...
Ecuador to Colombia
... 8221;This would
make a nice place for the FARQ to hold us up”, we thought. But there was no sign
of the naughty guys, possibly because at several points along the route we came
across army foot soldiers patrolling the road who as is the custom here in
Colombia raise a friendly “thumbs up” to visitors and locals alike as you pass
them. A nice touch indeed and yet another example of the inherent friendliness
of Colombians.
Eventually
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Dance with the Devil
... himself, known as the Cathedral it was more of a luxury hotel than a prison and he came and went as he pleased. When he killed two people inside the prison the authorities had had enough but alas by the time they arrived to take him into custody Escobar was gone. Thousands of innocent people were caught in the crossfire and despite Escobar finally being caught and killed in 1993 in a joint effort by the USA and the Colombian police force he left behind a ...
Nightclubs and the metro
... city on the other one. In between I visited some of the other sites of interest. The botanical gardens were a little bit of a letdown but was a very popular site for local lovers and families. The museum that has Botero's art was made more interesting for the rock concert on the outside.
After heading to one of the largest supermarkets I've seen seen and picking up some much needed supplies I arrived back at the hostel for a bit of ...
Location
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