Medellin Living

This is a guest post by Roosh Vörek, author of A Dead Bat In Paraguay. Doctors Office As long as you don’t go to the upper-crust Clinica Las Vegas, chances are any doctor you visit is not going to speak English. If you have kept up with a steady diet of buñuelos, empanadas, super perros, [...]

Two things can bring my adventurous and curious nature to a screeching halt.  Death is one of them.  Family is the other.  Both of them have stirred things up for me.  My posts had gone to nil because I was pretty much locked in my bedroom for over a week. Eli Thompson a jumper from [...]

When I told my friend Ryan that I was going to Colombia, he made me promise that I would go to a Soccer game while I was here. I know that he was secretly hoping to make me as big of a soccer fan as he is, and I’m pretty sure he’s on to something. [...]

As I was looking for a video to feature today, I realized I’d been posting mp3′s in the past, when I probably could’ve found videos instead, AND been preserving storage space on my web hosting account to boot!  So, I’ll be scouting out music videos and concert performances instead of uploading mp3′s going forward. This [...]

I had only been in Colombia a few weeks when Valentine’s Day, 2009 arrived.  When I asked around about special events at the bars and clubs, I was informed that most Colombians don’t celebrate V-Day.  Instead, they recognize September 19th as a Day of Love and Friendship. The rest of the world celebrates Valentine’s Day [...]

“The plan was to just pass through Medellin…but that was four months ago.” The story is all too common here in Medellin. Travelers are either making their way through Southern and Latin America, or come to Medellin for a quick getaway, and suddenly they are hooked. Falling in love with this city is all too [...]

My friend Casey just posted his first impressions of Medellin on his Panama blog.  As I read it, I realized he’s not just a savvy business guy, he’s an awesome writer.  Be sure to check it out because his observations parallel my own, and many of the others I heard from backpackers stepping into Colombia [...]

I recently became aware of a great opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to Colombia! 6 bloggers have been chosen to represent 6 different countries – the USA, Spain, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Brazil. They will be heading to Colombia later this month on an all expenses paid trip to tour 4 of [...]

On a beautiful Saturday morning, I headed over to the north bus terminal to meet a group of friends and spend the day in Guatape. The north bus terminal is practically attached to the Caribe metro station.  Once inside I was slightly overwhelmed with the amount of people and destinations.  I was really glad to [...]

This video seems to be affiliated with EAFIT University.  Regardless, it shows off the best of Medellin so I wanted to share it here.  Enjoy!