Category: Travel
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A Visit to the Thriving City of Medellin
What an interesting an colorful city! Twenty years ago Medellin was perhaps the most dangerous city in the world. Today it’s a thriving community with modern public transportation and improving economy. The Medellin airport is a 45 minute drive outside of town, or 35 minutes with our taxi driver (and there were no seatbelts!) …
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Onward to Colombia!
Cartagena We spent 5 days in Cartagena, staying in the rejuvenated Getsemani neighborhood just outside the walled old city. Getsemani is full of wall murals and colorful streets, small hotels and hostels and lots of bars and restaurants. It especially attracts tourists from other Latin American countries. Inside the walled city there are pricier hotels,…
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Seven Slow Days in Panama
After a red-eye flight from Las Vegas to Panama City, we stayed at a new AirBnB right on a main square in Casco Viejo, the part of town built in the early colonial period. Our balcony overlooked the square with a great view of the church on the opposite side of the square. This was…