Medellín Travel Guide: Insider Advice from an American Expat in Colombia

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• Purchased! Well done, Dave. It must feel great to have this project completed.

• Thanks for the support Charlie, yea it's a big relief to release it to the world!

  Do you have any plans for a Chengdu-related ebook?

• Yeah, I would love to write an ebook of 100% original content like you have done, but before that I will release a free ebook that is a compilation of the best posts on Chengdu Living.

  I've been reading your guide to Medellin though, very well done. I'm sure it's of great use to people like Nemo who don't know all of the insider tricks that someone who's been there for years would.

• Funny, I was thinking of doing a "best of" Go Backpacking later this year :)

  I think that's a great way to start. I think it gets easier to put out ebooks with practice. Hoping to do my next one a lot faster.

• Lovely! This book will definitely help me because Medellin is one of my destinations this year. [link removed] Thank you.

• Hi! Since my purchase, is there any way I can redownload the ebook? I must've accidentally deleted the e-mail with the download link or something.

• Hi Peter, I'll send you an email.

• Dear Dave,

  I am trying to buy the guide online with my CC but I get an error message every time that the costs of the book changed and that I have to refresh the page. Please help me out!

• Hi Davíd,

  I also no longer have your pdf eBook purchased several years ago and now live in Panama with Medellin a cheap, quick flight. Would you recommend I re-purchase your current edition before going?

  THX!

  - Chris

• Is your most up to date book? Do you expect the price of objects to go up because of the spike in currency/inflation rate this year?

• Yes, this is the only version I've released, though I am working on a second edition. What do you mean by "price of objects?" I don't know enough about the economic conditions to comment on what will happen to the Colombian peso heading into 2016.

• Buy now 3000 cop to the dollar

• Actually today it's 3,246 pesos to the U.S. dollar. It's been above 3,200 for about a week due to a drop in oil prices.

• Yes I was generalizing,I watch it every day. The ford ranger I have my eyes on is 50% less than last year

• I am taking a teaching job in Medellin and the salary is paid in 75% Colombian pesos/25% U.S. Dollars. What will this high exchange rate/inflation increase do to the prices of items? Have you seen any increase is costs when spending pesos?

• Basically it will mean more buying power from the 25% your paid in USD.If you convert those dollars into pesos. Inflation is not a big problem for everyday things,like rent and food.

• If you have access to a decent amount of dollars and have access to a Colombian bank account,now is a great opportunity to xoom those dollars to that account and take advantage of the favorable exchange rates. Be advised though the Colombian gov will take 5% when you withdraw.its unavoidable but at these rates its worth it.

• Where is the link to the PDF copy? I can get the PDF link above to work.

• Hi Tom,

  Thanks for letting us know about this. I fixed the links in the post. Or you can click here to be taken to the sales page.

• your link to the PDF doesn't work, lead pages is disabled it says

• Hello Darlene,

  The link has been fixed. Please try again.

• Dave

  Do you have any suggestions for cooking classes in Medellin.... I am a pescatarian.... a vegetarian who also eats fish? Will be coming to Medellin towards the end of Feb.

  Thanks
  Rich Rosenberg

• Hi Rich. I'm answering for Dave since I write about food/wine/beer exclusively. Colombia is a fairly meat-centric country, but you can find plenty of vegetarian options and seafood. I suggest you look at the Facebook group Food in Medellin. I think you'll find several options for cooking classes that agree with your lifestyle. If you wish to send me your email, I'll let you know if I see something specific for when you're here in Medellin. Cheers! Shelly