The Road to Medellín

Hola todos. Little late but merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad, Nadolig Llawen 🎄 and all that jazz. Been very busy with Spanish school & Christmas here in Medellín and as such the next few blogs are retrospective. Vamos a empezar!

After we left off it was time to leave Monteria and head for the city of eternal Spring. Per usual we were up and running for an early start. It was a 10 hour bus ride to Medellín. We were out on time and I got settled in for a long haul journey.

Leaving Montería we passed through Colombia’s cattle rancher country and I have to say it was very green. So green and forested I could show you a picture without any context and tell you it is Wales in the summer and you’d probably believe me.

The earth here is also highly rich in iron ore from the colours too. It was flatlands until about halfway into the journey once we got into Antiochia state and climbed up into the mountains. At this point there was an accident on the road and a big jam that we got stuck at for near 2 hours and I was at one point thinking oh shit this might end up being another San Jose but thankfully it wasn’t and we were moving again. Other than a brief food stop we move and arrive into Medellín about 1.5 hours late. Not that bad really.

Terminal del Norte was pretty chaotic as it was rammed with people and bags waiting for presumably late buses. It takes me about half hour to find my way out of here navigating between the throngs but eventually get out. I look at using the metro but they try to charge me extra for a journey that would be 3 stops or at least what I presumed. Long day and tired so off that. End up having some dramas but eventually get an Uber to my Hostel and it ends up costing a few quid more than the metro but lo que hay. We drive past the metro station and up a hill that would have been a real pain to haul the bags up so can’t complain.

I arrive and get settled in about 2030 pm. I have a look round the neighborhood get some food and beers and get ready to move into school tomorrow.

Could have been a lot worse this leg it really could have.

Catch you on the next one when we start in Blink Spanish school!