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  • Greg Clayton
  • Daniel Tarpey
  • Greg Clayton
  • Daniel Tarpey

The Americas

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  • The Americas

    Playing Football

    29 Nisan 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    One of this afternoons hostel activities was to play football across the road! We teamed up with another hostel and ended up with 4 teams of 5 people. There were also a number of locals participating for some reason. The game was King of the court and one team (made up entirely of locals) went unbeaten throughout although some of the games were closely contested. Either way it was great to be back playing, even if we were wearing walking shoes!

    After this we showered away the sweat, had our first tuna pasta in over a week and played table tennis and pool.    Okumaya devam et

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    Comuna 13

    30 Nisan 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    We were up bright and early this morning to take the tram to Comuna 13 for the 9:30am walking tour.

    Comuna 13 is one of the 16 'comunas' (or comunes) within Medellin. Its a very popular spot to visit due to its vibrant street art but also its marred history, as it was a neighbourhood of guerilla warfare all the way up to 2002. In 2002 the Colombian military massacred all of the guerrillas and many civilians in an operation to take back control of the comuna, which they managed to do successfully after over 20 failed operations in the past.

    Our guide was a local who grew up in the area after 2002 and was able to share many interesting stories about how life in the comuna has changed for the better overtime.

     Our first impressions were that it was superbly hilly but also lived up to its colourful name! We were also treated to a break-dancing performance and a rap from the locals.    Okumaya devam et

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    Comuna 13 Escalators

    30 Nisan 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    One of the improvements made to Comuna 13 in the past decade has been the instalment of 6 escalators to help the locals (and tourists) get up and down through the hills without breaking a sweat. These escalators looked very out of place from the rest of the neighbourhood!Okumaya devam et

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    House of Memories Museum

    30 Nisan 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ 🌩️ 23 °C

    A well kept museum with great displays about Colombia's chequered past however it was almost all in Spanish so we understood very little!

    This was our last stop of the day as we headed to the supermarket (where I got ID'd to use my debit card??) to rustle up a brocoli and mushroom fettuccine with cream cheese, it was delicious! We then watched the Boca Juniors penalty shoot out, played some table tennis and some pool on our totally lop sided table (see photo evidence)Okumaya devam et

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    6 Months on the Road

    1 Mayıs 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Today is the day I celebrate 6 months on the road! And what better way to celebrate than with a 6 hour bus journey from Medellin to Salento. The bus wasn't till 11am however so we were able to start the day with a pain au chocolat, before boarding a lovely minibus with personal TV screens. Leg room was still however questionable.Okumaya devam et

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    Evening in Salento

    1 Mayıs 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    After quickly dropping our bags at our hostel we headed out to a lovely veggie restaurant. There was a man on a saxophone outside playing delightful melodies so all was well! We finished the night with an hour of pool on a proper table at a local billiards club, where Dan extended his lead in the series to 7-1. We also had another activity in between...Okumaya devam et

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    Cancha de Tejo

    1 Mayıs 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    We headed to a place neary to play 'tejo', a popular local game involving tossing metal slabs at sachets of gunpowder. The aim of the game is to hit the gunpowder sachets to make them explode. This was great fun and very different to anything we've seen so far. We made ourselves jump with the explosions a few times and eventually became half decent at this local delicacy.Okumaya devam et

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    Afternoon in Salento

    2 Mayıs 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We made it back to Salento just as the rain was starting so perfect timing! We took shelter to watch the first half of Roma v Bayer Leverkusen and then went to play pool for an hour. Two soft drinks and an hours pool set us back just over £4 at the local billiards club, unbelievable value! I managed to claw back the 7-1 pool deficit to 7-3, let's see if I can continue to close the gap...Okumaya devam et

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    Salento Viewpoints

    2 Mayıs 2024, Kolombiya ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    At the top of the town are two viewpoints, one looking over the town and one looking out to the valley behind. We took the steps up to hear before heading back to our hostel via the supermarket to shower and make dinner. After dinner we headed back to our favourite pool bar for 2 hours of pool. Unfortunately despite some very close games, Dan extended his lead back out to 10 sets to 3.Okumaya devam et

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