Ongoing nsr TR: Taking the tribe across the other Americas

Next stop was Medellin Colombia. Some friends had a great time there last year and we wanted a place to eat good food and chill with the kids. We stayed in Laureles district and really enjoyed our time there. Realized that Colombia has a lot to offer, almost everything we wanted to see/do in central and south America were doable there, apart from Patagonia I guess

Highlights: Cheap stay and food, good restaurants and variety especially In Situ for upscale and Naan for Indian, Café de la Cima coffee tour, Parque Explora kids museum, gondolas for public transport were cool, communa 13 graffiti tour to hear about the unspeakable violence the city has lived through, amazing local fruit

Lowlights: Copa airlines unhelpful as hell on a tight connection (Avianca has been way better overall), playgrounds not great for the kids, Parque Arvi requires you to hike with a guide which was kinda lame, luggage double checked at airport on the way in for drugs, I still can't understand when a native speaker talks to me, ugh!


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Thanks Kokomas for the Croc bridge tip. We parked on the side of the road on the south side of the bridge where 2 policeman were standing. Crocs were out. I didn't tell my family why we had stopped. They sure were surprised when they saw the crocs.:biggrin:

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Originally Posted by Goniff

Thanks Kokomas for the Croc bridge tip. We parked on the side of the road on the south side of the bridge where 2 policeman were standing. Crocs were out. I didn't tell my family why we had stopped. They sure were surprised when they saw the crocs.[emoji3]

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Nice work Goniff! There was some chatter earlier that a guy sold chickens there to drop off the bridge. I didn't see any of that

I'll look for the chickens on the way back north.

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