Arrival in Medellin

I generally avoid arriving in a strange city after sundown, but the flight schedules did not facilitate a daylight arrival.

After clearing immigration and customs, I boarded the minibus service for San Diego Mall. Medellin’s main airport is located in an adjacent valley from Medellin itself, and it was a 45 minute drive into Medellin. The views of the city lights were spectacular as the minibus descended into the valley.

At San Diego Mall, I took a taxi to our hotel. Jeff had already checked in, and he had brought a doggy bag of leftovers from his prior dinner for me, which hit the spot. Unfortunately, the hotel wasn’t great, there was a fair bit of noise, and the aircon did not get fixed despite repeated calls. We checked out the next morning, squatted with his fellow master’s diver Susie at her AirBNB the next evening, and then we found our own AirBNB near the pool for the remainder of our stay.Read more