September 27, 2012 @ Medelin, CO


Direction to find my paragliding instructor

Medellin nestled in a valley surrounded by the Andes mountains

San Felix Paragliding

The instructor has to carry the paraglide to the platform

Me @ San Felix

The instructor does everything

Medellin is an awesome place to do paragliding

Also inexpensive

No wind

Took off finally

Medellin, home of 2 millions people

A bit foggy, hardly can see downtown and El Poblado

The instructor speaks no English!

Fnacy house

I am loving paragliding

Beautiful, is few of the English word he knows

The metro and flats around the station

We are going to land here

Way to downtown

Away from downtown

Landing

Kids watching us land

Packing away the paraglide

Identical twins

Tiny enough to fit inside a big backpack

Pueblito Paisa is a reconstruction of a typical but tiny Antioquia village

Beautiful flowers

Cacique Nufbara

Museo de Ciudad

Chapel

Pueblito Paisa (Little Town) is located on the top of Nutibarra Hill

Me @

El Poblado in the background

Local airport Olaya Herrera

Pleasant view over the city

Downtown area

San Diego area

El Perpetuo Socorro Church

Valley running south to north

Should have came here evening time

Roman theater

Medellin river

Plaza Mayor under construction

Convention Center Plaza Mayor

Centro de Convenciones Plaza Mayor

Edificio Intelligente Epm

Edificio en la Plaza de la Libertad

Museo Interactivo Epm

Parque de los Pies Descalzos

Government offices

Parroquia El Sagrado Corazon de Jesus

Old car just like Cuba

Parroquia El Sagrado Corazon de Jesus

A lot of buses just like HK!

Made in China clothes but expensive

Colorful fruit juice

BBQ stick

My favor OJ! Only 50 cent USD!

Parroquia San Antonio de Padua

Parroquia San Antonio de Padua

Inside @ Parroquia San Antonio de Padua

Inside @ Parroquia San Antonio de Padua

Parque San Antonio

Botero*s scuplture

Parque San Antooni

Carrera 49

Street vendors on the side

Street vendors on the side

Parroquia Nuestra Senora de la Candelaris

Marcaibo, shopping street

They tend to treal the birds quite well here

Parque Bolivar

Me @ Parque Bolivar

Captain Bolivar

Iglesia Metropolitana de Medellin

Anicent oven

Strawberries

Avocado

Iglesia Bautista Prado Centro

Highway 25

Bus terminal north

Lost in translation, ended up a town called Rionegro

Jose Maria Cordova International Airport

Masaya Intercultural Hostel Bogota

Rain shower @ hostel!

Clean bathroom


From San Felix


Medellin


Domestic airport Olaya Herrera


Centro/Downtown


Ave. San Juan


El Poblado, upscale part of town is built in steep hills