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