Medellin

First thing that comes to mind when the city Medellin is mentioned... Pablo Escobar, right? While we did know that Medellin is the second largest city in Colombia, we weren't exactly sure what to expect...maybe guerillas, maybe drug cartels, who knows?

Well, upon arrival it was confirmed that Medellin isn't on any lists of most charming cities in the world...let alone in Colombia. We started our search for a hotel in the city center. Turns out all of the hotels in the area rent rooms by the hour and most of them even have prostitutes in the front doorway ready to do business...gives one stop shop a whole new meaning, eh? Anyhoo, we were able to find a decent, clean, prostitute-free hotel to park our backpacks for a couple days.

I guess the highlights of Medellin would be the Museo Antioquia and it's surrounding plaza (both adorned with tons of Botero works), the metrocable (the city's public transport system includes cable cars), and most importantly its ultra-friendly citizens. Most people we met were pumped that we were giving Colombia and especially Medellin a looksee. I guess I can see where they were coming from because we didn't see any other foreign travelers while in Medellin.