Monthly Archives: February 2012

This is the time when women can ask guys to marry them.  Also when that horrible, useless little month of February attempts to eek out it’s nasty, dull existence a day longer.  Thank goodness it’s almost over and summer is around the corner.  Of course it doesn’t really effect me as I’m still living in …

Now I should really have left today, but quite frankly I want another bite at the cherry so to speak.  That and when my friend taps my leg awake I tell them to bugger off.  I went to bed around 9 and they want me up for 11.  It’s not going to happen.  The day …

OK I don’t manage to leave today.  I might go tomorrow. Instead a new and very sociable crowd arrives and very nice folk they are too.  Oh who am I kidding; I stayed because of a girl.  It’s officially my last night in Medellin and I’m persuaded to don the kilt and accompany the new …

I’m keeping my head down and being a good boy over the course of the weekend.  I’m also going to try and leave tomorrow, so I don’t intend to get hammered or do anything that would jepordise my chance to leave Medellin, catch up with friends and see more of Colombia.  Then the mighty Liverpool …

My bank card has for some reason been blocked and I cannot leave with my friends today until it’s been sorted.  I’m forced to learn how to use Skype to make numerous phone calls to my banks fraud department, where I eventually convince some chap I’m not running around South America racking up huge bills, …

My friend Mitch and I have been discussing opening a hostel when we’ve finished traveling the world.  By that time we would hope to have seen enough places to know exactly what makes a good home from home.  So many hostels have nearly got it right, with some great perks and services, and so many …

Yes there is.  I’m walking around the hostel looking like the cat that got the cream.  I say walking.  More like lounging in front of the T.V watching films looking like the cat that got the cream.  That’s pretty much what happens for the whole day. Cat. With. The cream. Smiley face.

I have a date.  I told a slight lie the other night about how well my evening went.  Although my initial quarry went off with a taxi driver, I did meet a nice local girl who for some reason has agreed to go to dinner with me.  It makes a much needed change from getting …

In the past few days, I’ve watched Inception, White Men Can’t Jump, Pandemic, Batman Begins, Air America, The Other Guys, Pablo Escobar: The King of Coke, 30 minutes or less, Benny and Joon, In the Loop, Fargo, Thor and Scott Pilgrim Vs the World.  I love traveling.

Medellin is surrounded by hills, nestled and sheltered by them, high up enough to create a spring climate all year.  The city sprawls out up the side, accessed by a series of Gondolas.  These are free to ride, as you only need to pay the Metro fare to reach them.  Actually built as public transport, …