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Medellin
... for a drink and dinner.
It was so nice to see her and catch up, haven't seen each other for 3 years. She also gave us her personal insight of Medellin's history and shared her personal stories during the time when things were really bad.
Later we joined our group again to go down to the river to look at the christmas lights which were stunning green lines of clour flashing accross the river with fixed 'lamp lights' of colour and huge displays of animals ...
De Tolu a Medellin
... neanmoins dans la queue, de plus en plus conscients de ne pas etre a notre place, quand notre voisin, avec un tres gentil sourire nous dit: solo popular. J'essaye de le faire parler pour confirmer ce que je pressens, mais il se borne a repeter la meme chose. Nous decidons donc de faire demi-tour, et realiserons plus tard que "popular" est le nom de la station intermediaire desservant les favellas, ...
Ecuador to Colombia
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varied landscape, natural beauty wherever one looks be it lovely towns and
cities, stunning mountains and smiling faces. Couple all that to Caribbean and
Pacific coastlines, very appealing weather and an abundance of fruit,
vegetables and of course its world famous coffee one has a recipe for something
very special. The people of Colombia obviously do not want a continuation of La
Violencia, the government seems keen to bring long lasting peace to the
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Medellin
... drugbazen hebben deze geopperd om de gehele schuld van het land af te betalen en (nog) meer geld in sociale projecten te stoppen: dit heeft de president afgeslagen.
Omdat ze van gekkigheid niet wisten wat ze dan met hun geld moesten doen, mochten de vrouwen naar de plastisch chirurgen. Iets wat (net als in Miami) nog vrij diep geworteld zit in hun mentaliteit.
Wel ...
Going to visit Susans cousin Pablo Escobar
... at the top of a giant hill such that your options are steps all the way up or take the evil air glider? (aka precariously attached cable cars). After this we headed to head back to the hostel and get ready for our overnight bus to Cartagena on the Caribbean coast. I am hoping this will be our last overnight bus but there is still potential for ones more. We got a warm send off from our hostel, I loved the place and would recommend the Arcadia hostel to anyone going to Medellin!!
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