Once again I am pleasantly impressed with a city that has previously been given a 'bad wrap'.
There are a number of well developed museums, public spaces and an outstanding transit system that includes a gondola up to a national park you can access easily from anywhere in the city.
After a successful bus journey and a 6 hour 'nap' from 4am - 10 am, Justine and I met up with Nikki (California) at our hostel on day one of our Medellin adventures and headed out to see the sights - we managed to walk through one of the most dodgy and poor areas right out of the gates (by accident) but walking with confidence had no issues. whoops.
Over the course of our first 3 days we visited the following sites:
1. Museo de Agua: only open for a few months it is a highly interactive and well executed museum outlining the impact water has on earth.
2. Uribe Palace of Culture (striped building in image above) and surrounding Plaza Botero: Green space which is filled with donated bronze sculptures from Medellin's own Fernando Botero. If you aren't familiar with Botero's work I will summarize it to say he liked to present the more rotund version of his subjects.
For Aunty H and Kruz' benefit I will admit that the statement I imagined all of his subjects make, once they see the finished product, is "Are you calling me fat?"
3. Parque Explora: A theme park of science experiments, a reptile room, random rubbery dinosaurs and a swank aquarium next to the Botanical Gardens complete with an orchid area nestled under the coolest wooden roof which also acts as a site for local events.
Now you tell me this city isn't worth visiting.
Tomorrow we're going to take a tour of the city as described through the life of Pablo Escobar. Let's see if that changes my mind concerning this city any.
Now you tell me this city isn't worth visiting.Tomorrow we're going to take a tour of the city as described through the life of Pablo Escobar. Let's see if that changes my mind concerning this city any.
Nighty Night.
xo b
No comments:
Post a Comment