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Medellin – The quiet escape

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Medellin was a clean, quiet and simple escape for us.  This was probably helped by the fact that we were staying in El Poblado which is the richest neighbourhood of Medellin.   It was helped further by the fact that we were staying at the Black Sheep…

To start with, the accommodation was great.  After a 12 hour bus ride (that was meant to be a 9 hour bus ride!) we rocked up to the hostel at midnight.   Without a booking they still found us a private room in the middle of the night.  There are a few things that you really learn to appreciate while travelling South America and the main ones are a good bed and a good shower.  The Black Sheep had both, a hot continuous shower and a good soft bed.  In fact, even more, our private room even had an impressive flat screen TV and a desk!  What luxury…

The location was great as well as it seemed to be a really nice, safe area.  Close enough to Zona Rosa if you want to party and close to loads of shopping malls.  Down the road from the hostel you’ll find a little Italian Café (you’ll see it easily as it’s very cute and colourful).  This place has beautiful, fairly authentic Italian cuisine and an awesome lunch special.  If you want cheaper food, clothes and more craziness then the train from El Poblado will take you to Parque Barrio which has the Botero square and also heaps of cheap venders.  Definitely worth a visit.

 

To be completely honest there is not a whole lot to do in Medellin.  There’s the Botero Square and a few museums, there is the Pablo Escobar tour (which unfortunately we didn’t have time to do) and there is the cable car over the slums.  We did end up finding time to do the cable car which was fantastic.  The views were amazing over the city, the slums were humbling and it was all absolutely free.  You literally go over this area of the city that seems to have been forgotten about by the rest of the world, all the buildings are falling apart and they’re patched together with whatever is on hand.  Every roof has huge bricks holding it down; the streets look dirty and dangerous.  It makes you feel very thankful for what you have.

We are saying goodbye to Colombia for now but we will be back to see more one day.  We both thoroughly liked Colombia, her crazy streets and friendly people.  Hopefully it can one day lose the stigma that it has and more people can visit and learn its hidden treasures.  Right now we’re starting our volunteer work in Ecuador.  It’s our first night at a ‘home stay’ in Ibarra and at the moment I feel a little like a stranger in someone’s home (which is exactly what I am), hopefully that will change though as I get to know this adorable little family.

We start work tomorrow so in the next few days I’ll let you know what it’s like building a sloth enclosure!  Until then, Adios.

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