Medellin
4 articles · 2 stories
Three months in Medellin. A few weeks in Cartagena. New York, Disney, and a long list of places I haven't gotten to yet. Honest stories from someone still figuring it out.
Two lists in one : where I've been (most of these), and where I'm researching for upcoming trips (clearly marked). The list grows slowly — that's intentional.
Real moments from real trips. The ones I remember years later — usually the ones that didn't go to plan.
Colombia's national sport involves gunpowder. Yes, really. We drank, we missed our targets, we drank again. Eventually one of us hit it.
I had the history wrong on first read. So I asked someone. Here's what she said — let me know in the comments if I still got it wrong.
The hike is longer than people say. I ran out of water somewhere in the middle. Bring more water. Bring more than that. Trust me.