life @ 13
Friday, December 12, 2008
pre-developed
pictures are updated
spent most of today doing boring stuff like laundry, shopping for socks and trinkets, and eating. non-stop eating.
i went out to the city for a few hours, just to get a little lost and get a feel for the place. i haven't been many places, but i guarantee you there is nowhere quite like medellin. moving on from its cartel days, there has clearly been a massive investment in infrastructure -- all the roads are new, the metro is fairly new, and they have a couple cable cars that run over and into the poorest neighbourhoods. but despite all the new stuff, the city center functions like most other poorer cities i.e. it's a giant market of small stands and shops, full of loud busses and oodles of exhaust.
it's been a nice day and a half off, but except for finding alcohol for my stove i've found all the little stuff i was looking for and am ready to keep going.
pictures are updated
spent most of today doing boring stuff like laundry, shopping for socks and trinkets, and eating. non-stop eating.
i went out to the city for a few hours, just to get a little lost and get a feel for the place. i haven't been many places, but i guarantee you there is nowhere quite like medellin. moving on from its cartel days, there has clearly been a massive investment in infrastructure -- all the roads are new, the metro is fairly new, and they have a couple cable cars that run over and into the poorest neighbourhoods. but despite all the new stuff, the city center functions like most other poorer cities i.e. it's a giant market of small stands and shops, full of loud busses and oodles of exhaust.
it's been a nice day and a half off, but except for finding alcohol for my stove i've found all the little stuff i was looking for and am ready to keep going.
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