South America 2008

View of Medellin from the Publito Paisas, a small replica village atop a hill in Medellin

The stairs up to the top of Publito Paisas… some 260 of them and at 1500 meters I was huffing and puffing my way to the top

Chilling in Botero Park in Medellin, there are lots of fat sculptures of people, horses, dog and cats and other stuff

We got some good Empenadas in this little shop, supposedly the best Empanadas in the world

We were hanging out in the Poblado area in Medellin where there are lots of bars around a park, we got some nice rain a very slow tuesday evening…

I took a trip to the botanical garden in Medellin, a nice and relaxing change from the partying we did

Wehad some trouble finding our way out of Medellin and it got a bitfrustrating after turning around 3 times and going half an hour up some mountain… we finally made it though…

Colombia is beautiful to ride through… from high jungle-covered mountains to farmland and the temperature changes are huge. Here we stop to remove work clothing and open vents so we don’t die from the 30 degree (celcius) heat

Going across the mountains from Medellin to Bogota we saw lots and lots of military, some just patroling the road and some black-clad looking like they just came back from the jungle. We also saw this cool poster at a place we stopped to eat…

Bogota is next but I’ll save that for another time… this internet connection is a bit slow… This is the viewon our way to the Monserrate, it started out as a beautiful day but within the hour it was raining hard