20 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

The “Car Parade” in Medellin

The “Car Parade” in Medellin

I don’t really like cars. I do not own one and have driven only a handful of times in the past 5 years. So when I found myself at the “Antique Car Show” in Medellin during their famous flower festival it might seem odd. During my first visit to Medellin in August, 2007, my new [...]

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16 January 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Daddy Yankee in Medellin, Colombia

Daddy Yankee in Medellin, Colombia

Daddy Yankee is only the most popular reggaeton (kind of like Spanish hip hop-rap) star in Latin America and I saw him perform in concert. I made plans with a 19 year old Colombian guy through Couchsurfing to go together to the concert in Medellin. While Couchsurfing is great resource, I do prefer meeting people [...]

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17 March 2009 ~ 0 Comments

At Least The Spanish Colonists brought Beautiful Architecture

At Least The Spanish Colonists brought Beautiful Architecture

The video below is of Santa Fe De Antioquia, a small colonial town near Medellin, Colombia. As you can see it was pretty calm and relaxing as I described a few weeks ago.

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08 August 2008 ~ 0 Comments

El Penol Was Worth The Hassle

I look back on this day as being one of the most adventurous I experienced. I wrote about this day back in early june, but I think recounting part of this experience is important. So after boarding the wrong bus about 3 different times I was ready to call it a day and head back [...]

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14 June 2008 ~ 0 Comments

So Long Medellin

Getting back to Medellin was easy enough and pretty difficult to mess up. I waited on the side of the road for about 15 minutes until the first bus approached which i waved down to get on. On the bus i met Joan, a student from Medellin. For the rest of the week Joan showed [...]

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25 May 2008 ~ 0 Comments

From The Coffee Region To Medellin

The past week has been a blast. Pure fun and great new friends who i have been traveling with the past few weeks. Mark from Ireland and Iain and Dave from England. After touring a few coffee plantations we attempted the hike starting at 7 am the next morning. We took a different jeep down [...]

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