I have decided to push back my flight for a few months and stay in Medellin after being really impressed by some of the social projects going on here. I will be helping out Tatiana with her initiative to empower indigenous children in Medellin who live in displaced communities...Additionally, I met up with a video production/documentary making c...

TONIGHT WE DRINK AGUARDIENTE Medellin has the most beautiful women in the world, but I`m too shy to talk to any of them. I`ve lost confidence in my Spanish. Instead, I`m splitting a couple bottles of aguardiente with my friend Abdul, and his girlfriend Natali. I`m comfortable making an ass of myself with them in mediocre Spanish. We`re on the pa...

Hello everyone! We arrived at our hotel (Hotel Casa Arenas) in Cartagena around 11pm on May 17th after some airline hassles. The next morning we walked around the Old Town, which is absolutely beautiful. Cartagena was the main Spanish port on the Caribbean coast and after suffering terrible attacks by the pirates a wall was built around the city...

i wanted to go to medellin, eli was a bit relucctant, but decided to go 'just for me' (even though she had nee been herself!) when we arrived eli asked the taxi drive for a nice but cheap hotel... and yes thats ight he took us to a motel in the kind of postitute area.. but it was nice and cheap so i said yea lets stay here!! the next day we trie...

Hello and a big Happy New Year 2007 to you all!!! I've been pretty lazy of late and therefore must apologise to those of you who have been wondering where I am, but I am here, safe, well and having a great time. First thing I need to say is that over the last few weeks I have found this country and its people to be absolutely beautiful, warming ...

Yes, we finally made it to the hot springs! This particular 'balneario' was recommended by Sara and Oliva and was beautifully set in a natural amphitheatre with a cascading waterfall for a backdrop. A very soothing place to spend a few hours, and we relished every minute - until we emerged wrinkled as prunes and dizzy with the heat. We spent a f...

THIS is what Willis was talkin´ about. Medellín is more alluring every day, and no matter where I go there seems to be a plethora of beautiful people. Of all the places I´ve seen in Colombia, this is the most complete and easily the greatest city in the nation. Sure, Cartagena is incredible, but the heat and humidity can only be endured for so l...

Brother Stu and I left Bogota, after a crazy weekend and after a few days recovery we took an absolutely spectacular bus ride, 10 hours north to Medellin. Over 10 hours we crossed from the Eastern side of the Andes to the West, up and down and winding through some insanely tall mountains and bottomless valleys. We were only boarded by the police...

Currently I'm in the city Medellin (pronounced Med ahh gheen), nestled deep in a valley and surrounded by hills. Home of the infamous Pablo Escobar and his Cartel de Medellin - the town in which the "Colombian Necktie" was born. All in all, it's a very safe place. Particularily in the suburb I'm in, El Poblado. It's sort of like a really big Yor...