El Portal ...

... chain of coffee/pastry shops I've seen around Medellin. I was looking for a coffee shop with an terrace along the street, but most everything was closed today, except for a few shopping malls. Decent chocolate cake, with a super sweet icing and what I believe is arequipe in the middle. Decent cup of coffee.

Christmas in Colombia

December 25th 2011
Geo: 6.23578, -75.5799Merry Christmas from Colombia! So far Medellin hasn't been the most exciting of places, owing to most cafes, restaurants, and stores being closed as a result of the holidays. Searching for some life in the streets, I headed over to Cerro Nutibara, a park high atop a hill with a recreation of a typical Antioquian town. Paisa is a person from the region, and the recrea ... read more

South America » Colombia » Antioquia

Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more

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