MEDELLÍN - after a 16hr bus drive, I finally made it.
I was quite excited about visiting this city, many friends made sure my expectations were somewhat too high, and sadly I didn't find it that amazing to be honest :(
Although the architecture was very nice, the Old Town part of the city was over-crowded and even felt dangerous too, with drugs addicts very open about their habits...
Then I discovered the pretty area, Zona Rosa, and it made me change my mind slightly about the city :)
I only stayed in Medellín for 2 days, and stayed at the Pitstop Hostal, http://www.pitstophostel.com
This is the hostal where I felt most out-of-place of all… :)
The hostal was very nice, with a pool, hammocks, everything you could wish for - but it's for people younger than 22, partying all night and smoking weed all day. Ahahahah, it was quite a funny experience to say the least!
The Old Town (Centro Histórico):
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| You might have seen her "sister" in my Cartagena post - yes, they do LOVE their curvaceous women in Colombia. If only I were shorter, I'd fit just right in!!! :) |
And then the coincidence, I stumble into this amazing presentation about BARCELONA!!!!!
I actually had a tear in my eye I missed my city and my peeps so much already.
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| That's the Mediterranean, BCN beach on the background, right there in Medellín! Oh more tears…!! |
Also had some time to visit Parque Explora, http://www.parqueexplora.org, with some very interesting Interactive Science rooms…and look what I found! What can I say, work still follows me everywhere!! :)
There were stations about Subtitling, there was a recording room, and a room to recreate M&E (music and effects)!
In the Mind Interactive Room, the following set really caught my attention, and I thought it'd be fun to share it!
If you had grown up without ever having seen a toilet and what it is actually used for, would you drink clean drinkable water from it? The answer is yes :)
There is also an Aquarium and an animals Vivarium…not too keen on seeing animals trapped in a box, but here are a few ones:
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| These cute little fellas are the most poisonous animal there is! |
The Dinosaurs cooling area outside:
Also went to visit the Jardin Botanico, even though I'm not too much of a fan of plants and flowers in general, but this park was really nice and relaxing, http://www.botanicomedellin.org
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After 2 days full long days in Medellín it was time to head to Bogotá - a 10hr bus trip with Expreso Bolivariano buses.
Next stop: Bogotá.
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