Travel
Yesterday was a day of rest...up until we had to climb the hill back up to the house where we've been staying!
The city of Medellin is in a valley, but the suburbs have grown up into the very steep hills of the surrounding mountains. So it's not bad walking down to the grocery store, but walking back up is definitely exercise.
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- A 20 Hour Transportation Marathon...part 1
We are happily back with Sherman (our motorhome) in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, after a 20 hour transportation marathon from Medellin, Colombia. We left our couchsurfing host Andrea's house at 4:00pm on Monday. The Medellin international airport is located...
- What A Fun Public Transportation System!
Note to city planners: Want people to use the public transportation system? Then make it so that it's cheap, easy, and efficient. Then, add an element of fun, and everybody will use it! Yesterday, Ruth and I used the public transportation system here...
- Exhausted!
We slept just okay in our little cubicle above the noisy restaurant here in the town of Guasca, Colombia (pop 13,000). As we said yesterday, it's not ideal and it's a little overpriced compared to what we've been paying during the last five...
- "watch Your Camera, This Is A Dangerous Place!"
We've been trying to figure out our plan between now and the evening of December 14th when we fly back to Mexico City. We're in Bogota now, but our flight leaves from Medellin. We had wanted to get up to Bucaramanga, but that's still 400 kms...
- Grocery Shopping In Mexico
Yesterday was a day of rest. Well, until we had to go into town to do some grocery shopping. We relaxed most of the morning, and then had a snack before deciding to go into town and do some grocery shopping. We headed out around 12:30pm. Click here to...
Travel
Grocery shopping in Medellin, Colombia
Yesterday was a day of rest...up until we had to climb the hill back up to the house where we've been staying!
The city of Medellin is in a valley, but the suburbs have grown up into the very steep hills of the surrounding mountains. So it's not bad walking down to the grocery store, but walking back up is definitely exercise.
Click here to read more...
- A 20 Hour Transportation Marathon...part 1
We are happily back with Sherman (our motorhome) in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, after a 20 hour transportation marathon from Medellin, Colombia. We left our couchsurfing host Andrea's house at 4:00pm on Monday. The Medellin international airport is located...
- What A Fun Public Transportation System!
Note to city planners: Want people to use the public transportation system? Then make it so that it's cheap, easy, and efficient. Then, add an element of fun, and everybody will use it! Yesterday, Ruth and I used the public transportation system here...
- Exhausted!
We slept just okay in our little cubicle above the noisy restaurant here in the town of Guasca, Colombia (pop 13,000). As we said yesterday, it's not ideal and it's a little overpriced compared to what we've been paying during the last five...
- "watch Your Camera, This Is A Dangerous Place!"
We've been trying to figure out our plan between now and the evening of December 14th when we fly back to Mexico City. We're in Bogota now, but our flight leaves from Medellin. We had wanted to get up to Bucaramanga, but that's still 400 kms...
- Grocery Shopping In Mexico
Yesterday was a day of rest. Well, until we had to go into town to do some grocery shopping. We relaxed most of the morning, and then had a snack before deciding to go into town and do some grocery shopping. We headed out around 12:30pm. Click here to...