Things to see in Montería 🇨🇴

Hola todos. The last 2 days I spent in Montería before heading to Medellín for Christmas. Expectations were rather low coming here however it has actually been a pretty nice short stop here.

I will skip over night 1 here since that was still recovery from the stomach bug but eaten and had a few beers without issue so declaring that one over.

Onto our full exploration day then. The main attractions for Montería are in it’s historic part and market district which is on the eastern bank of the Sinú River. It was about a 20 min walk from my gaff. Walking there is disorienting as it’s hot and humid and this city isn’t the most pedestrian friendly. Every road you cross is a dice with death because of all the motorbikes coming from everywhere and nobody signalling where they are going so you guess, pick your moment and leg it!

Walking through the market area it all looks a bit run down and in need of a good scrub but once you push through that you get to the cultural centre on the riverside. This place has a Christmas market being set up in the empty space past the statues of the musicians in the Plaza Cultural del Sinú. Quite nice and different in what would otherwise be a drab empty concrete space. That said it really comes to life at night. Past that is the lovely Parque infantil de Sinú where you can see some interesting sights among them big iguanas which are clearly not shy around humans and even rarer, Red squirrels which are really endangered back in the UK and Europe.

It is a chill day walking through this park then on my way back I spot a company doing an evening river boat tour for £6. I tell them I’d like to book onto it for 17:30. Happy days. I go back to pick up my laundry chill for a bit then dice with death on the roads again over there. The boat trip is pretty short only an hour but you get to see a good bit of life outside of the city. It is poor round here and if you are not a farmer chances are your fishing in the river. It is a good vibe with a good sunset. I chat to some more folks from Bogotá on this trip but nothing much comes of it.

After this I have an early one as it’s a long trip to Medellín Tomorrow. Stay tuned.