We started Medellín with the Paisa Road Escobar tour, like proper cheesy tourists. Our guide Nicholas was brilliant. Beginning at the block where Escobar lived with his family, and which was bombed in 1988 by the Calí cartel. This building sits in a very rich area but is barricaded and owned by the Colombian government, sitting empty. Many locals feel Escobar is being glorified with all these tourist tours, as a local walked past and made a comment. Nicholas reasssured her we all think he’s a criminal, doh. Many of the buildings from that era stand out, with the architecture being named ‘Miami style.’ We then visited his grave, a bit morbid but interesting to see the amount of other leading figures from different cartels at the same cemetery. We passed many other sites of note,
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