Medellín is the second largest city in Colombia. I must confess I only knew about it due to the famous drug cartel back in the 90s. Now Pablo Escobar is long dead and the FARC are ruling the cartel, so as it seems not much changed except for the fact that we don't hear about Medellín anymore.
The city is located in between 2 giant mountain chains, in the valley extending several km from north to south. The first thing you'll notice is that here people are more laid back than in Bogotá. I guess there's a limit in the size of cities before people start becoming stress zombies. Medellín has a lot less of them.
One of the highlights of the city is the Cable Metro. In short, it's a teleferic working as a metro. That means you can leave the metro and go right into the teleferic. It makes sense as the path upwards to some of the neighbourhoods only make sense in it.
It makes for spectacular views if not for the fact it goes over dozens of slums :)
The city is located in between 2 giant mountain chains, in the valley extending several km from north to south. The first thing you'll notice is that here people are more laid back than in Bogotá. I guess there's a limit in the size of cities before people start becoming stress zombies. Medellín has a lot less of them.
One of the highlights of the city is the Cable Metro. In short, it's a teleferic working as a metro. That means you can leave the metro and go right into the teleferic. It makes sense as the path upwards to some of the neighbourhoods only make sense in it.
It makes for spectacular views if not for the fact it goes over dozens of slums :)
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