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South America » Colombia » Medellin August 13th 2007

I begin with apologies and promises. My mind is very blurry as the ensuing entry will enlighten you about so just ignore any glaring spelling and grammer mistakes (that one was deliberate just for banter). Also there will be photos of cowgirls for all those that don't believe my following account of the horse parade. So Medellin, 3rd-12th August was the 50th Feria de las Flores the biggest event in the calendar. Those who speak Spanish may be wondering why a "flower festival" is such a big thing and questioning why i stayed an extra week just to be here for the end of it. But this is South America and even a Flower Show can be turned into a serious party which explains the serious pain in my head, not to mention my scratched legs...all ... read more
The Orchidrome
The Cabalgata
A horserider

South America » Colombia » Medellin August 10th 2007

I wake up to the sound of men screaming avacados. My shower is no longer freezing...if I stand there for a good 5 minutes the water gets burning hot, but last about a minute. So I had to take a shower with speed. We went to el weco... which is downtown medellin. There are building surrounding the city and vendors all along the street. It looks much like a flea market! We went in search for harolds guajiro boxers but found them no where. We did manage to get the kids their gifts and serval medicines that my mom was wanting. After all our shopping my mom took me to her friends dr. office. He is a dentist his office is a very small room, and all of his instruments look like those of the 70s. ... read more
Carlos
nico and nica
medellin

South America » Colombia » Medellin August 8th 2007

Rock hard bed and no air conditioner, crick in my neck and lack of sleep, what a joy my first night. Last night was difficult the comfort of my soft cushion and feather pillow, oh how I miss. My mom woke me with fresh squeezed OJ at 7 am. So I woke up and got in the shower. OH MY GOD, the water was freezing. I had to stand there putting one hand in at a time. Trying to shower my entire my body without getting wet. After my polar ice shower, I was served arepa, pan de queso. We left at around 10 to Santa Elena. Going there, there was alot of traffic. we had to stop the car in the middle of the road, and walk to see las ferias de las flores, sigettteros. ... read more
vendors
traffic
traffic

South America » Colombia » Medellin August 8th 2007

nth and a half was spent at Zales outlet in Orlando. During that time, I was welcomed into a family. However, my last day of work for the next 5 months was on Monday. Though the joy of having freedom, consumes me, I will miss those ladies. Thankfully, I finished my orientation on time! And I got a list of my class plus a nice list of 10 books which I need to purchase and take with me onboard. Seeing that, the Scholarship is a full service program they do offer the option of mailing these lovely books to my cabin on board. However, this service comes at the additional cost of $200 not including the cost of all 10 books! So because I don't have $200 to waste on the luxury of having my books ... read more
lots of stuff
packed
bye bye zales

South America » Colombia » Medellin August 7th 2007

So i would have written a blog entry ages ago but this website has been down. The horrific news is that they hadn't backed up properly so i have lost all my blog entries. At this moment my dad may have managed to recover all of them (THANKS DAD!!) but if any of you have saved them (OK VERY UNLIKELY) or printed them off please please let me know because i don't want to lose my work! Right onto Medellin. Before i came i knew two things about this place, firstly it was home to Pablo Escobar or El Patron the daddy of all cocaine dealers. I can't tell you all the stories but he paid for the metro system, he was running for president, he offered to pay off Colombia's foreign debt to the ... read more
Botero
Central Medellin
On the hill

South America » Colombia » Medellin June 25th 2007

We bused to Medellin, Paul was only frisked once this trip. There were checkpoints everywhere and you need to carry your passport with you. We had quite a slow trip through to Medellin, the bus stopped at every small town along the way. We arrived at the Palm Tree Hostel and settled in. Patty phoned a friend who came over to talk to us and it was organised for him to take us around the city the next afternoon. Medellin is a great big city of 4 million - our country in one city. In the morning we went to Museo de Antioquia, this is a place full of artworks by Botero. He is an artist that donated lots of his works to the Museum and outside stand lots of his sculptures. He manages to make ... read more
A lady statue
Botero Horse
Colombia sheep

South America » Colombia » Medellin May 31st 2007

The people of Medellin smile at me with white smiles every day from behind a counter, down a supermarket aisle, at a table in a restaurant, passing in the street, or looking from the other side of the Metro platform. Beautiful people with perfect figures, and a wardrobe consisting only of figure flaunting outfits seem to see something special in us few blue eyed, pale skinned people that venture out into the publics view. Occasionaly someone will approach me and ask me where I am from, or complement me on looking the way that a common kiwi boy does. Whistles and suggestive words ring from crowds outside bars as we conspicuously weave between the waves of turning heads, and then we seem to be set upon a stage in a spotlight as we try to ... read more
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El Penol
Atop

South America » Colombia » Medellin » Guatape May 28th 2007

Guatape South America » Colombia » Medellin » Guatape By MickBMay 28th 2007.... read more
around the town
pimp my ride!
El Penon

South America » Colombia » Medellin May 9th 2007

Well I'm still here in Medellin, things have turned to some unexpected turns. Currently my $$ point is at 170k pesos are about $85USD. The business venture I had planned on turned sore(the man I was going to do business with died) so here I am with no concrete ideas. I don't have enough cash to return home(Costa Rica) my wife is five monthes pregnant, and I'm here stuck in Colombia. But I do have options, will try to call an associate in Bocas del Toro(Panama) to see f he can wire me at least $150USD. The other option is to try and call my ex-boss in Costa Rica; hopefully he'll wire me the cash, and I'll repay him when I return home. I f anyone knows of a cheap way from Cartagena to Limon, Costa ... read more




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