Medellin

Highlights:
- We experienced our first earthquake! Woke up at 4am to shaking, luckily no damage done
- Really good tour of Comuna 13, which used to be a really dangerous place but now is safe and has graffiti, escalators and amazing views
- Josh had a night out with a friend, which included a bar with a ballpit!
- We went with a group of friends to watch the football, which had a great atmosphere but unfortunately ended 0-0!
- We had a fun night out after the football with the group, and we were also joined by a couple people from our San Blas boat which was really nice. We went to a couple fun places and got back at 6am!
- We did another good free walking tour around the city
- Another night out with the some of the same group which was fun too, and thankfully not as late!
- We went to the Memory Museum which was about the conflicts in Colombia which was really interesting but sombering at the same time
- We visited the Minorista fruit market which was really busy and overwhelming but good to walk around!
- We went to the botanical gardens which was really nice, and saw lots of iguanas and ducks, a strange combination
- Met with a friend we met in Nicaragua for a drink just before we left to get our night bus

Lowlights:
- We had a bad time with the hostel which should have been really nice and the owner was lovely - the fridge broke, the water cut out on and off for 3 days, and our laundry was delayed due to the water outage. We cut our time short there and moved into a nice Airbnb instead - the first hot shower in 3 days was incredible!
- We didn't suffer hangovers, but suffered severe lack of sleep so didn't get to do everything we wanted in the daytime
- We spent too long at 2 different decathlon stores trying to prepare for the next part of our trip!

Food and drinks:
- Some great Mexican tacos
- We cooked for a few times which made a nice change!
- We tried buñuelos, which are fried maize balls with cheese inside - very unhealthy but delicious!
- We got the last 2 empanadas from a place that was just closing - lucky us!
- had really cool, long cyclindrical sushi rolls
- We had our first fancy meal in a long time at the botanical gardens. Josh had bone marrow to start and steak for main, Serena had chicken bearnaise with passionfruit, and white choc mousse for dessert, also of course coconut lemonadeRead more