Medellin - II

(DAY117 - 159 : Medellin)


Medellin beautifully blends European and Latin American flavors while offering everything a modern city should. For a city of this size, it's surprisingly cozy and can effortlessly hide its "citiness". During the day, it's tall brick buildings are handsomely juxtaposed against the green hills and a blue sky full of fluffy clouds. In the evenings, if you look down on it's flickering lights from Las Palmas, you think liquid gold simmering between mountains. It's climate is always pleasant, even now in the rainy season. And should you wish to be "remote", a half hour scenic ride can get you among the most beautiful hills and valleys, sparsely dotted with farms. But if that were all, I would've taken a bunch of photos and moved on a while ago. Its real gem is its people, the paisas.








Santa Fe de Antioqia is only an hour and a half away.


San Antonio close to Rio Negro is a must visit destination on Sundays.


The lake side in Guatape gets packed on weekends.




On the way to Guatape, you'll also visit El Penol.




After a month in Medellin, I'd gotten to know more people than my eight years in LA, and by this I don't mean just handshakes. Friends aside, how can you not feel at home when every stranger is willing to help with whatever you may need? How do you leave this place???

You get on American Airlines flight 910.