We moved to the Blacksheep Hostel down the road. Aj and Zach got a private room while Trevor and Kyle were in separate dorms. We were able to keep all of our stuff in the private room which was nice.
Medellin is large city of over 2 million people. Medellin was once known as the most violent city in the world. In the 1980's it housed the headquarters for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel. At the height of power, Pablo was worth 3 billion and offered to pay all of Colombia's debts. He was also in control of 80% of the global cocaine market. It all came to a end in the early 1990's.
The pride of Medellin is the above ground train system. It is an impressive development which brings cheap transportation all over the city.
We took one of the trams up and then took a second one further out to a national park.
We were at over 6,000 ft, both the climate and scenery reminded us of summer in the rockies.
We wern't always sure where to go.... good thing there were arrows.
Later that evening we took in one of the biggest soccer games of the year, Medellin vs Cali. The city was alive with energy. Most people were wearing soccer jerseys. Medellin ended up winning 3-1.
Dec 16, 2013 Bike Repairs.
We were told Medellin is one of the best places to get bikes fixed in all of South America. We still wanted to get our rims trued and balanced.
Three shops and two days later all four rims are perfect. Total cost about $50.
Not made for tall people
Dec 17, 2013
We wandered around the bikes shops again today. While hanging out at the shops we have met some cool people who also ride big bikes (not scooters). We met a fighter pilot with the Colombian army as well as a guy from Canada running a geological survey company for minerals.
We took in the lights along the river with some new friends from the hostel and as always getting photos with heaps of people.
Dec 18, 2013
Final bike repair day. Kyle had a lead on a muffler repair shop. Kyle's muffler has been getting louder and louder. Because its and after market muffler it uses a fiberglass baffle system which eventually burns out. We had a shop spend the day removing the core and adding the new baffle. We stopped in a few times to check on the progress. Unfortunately at the end of the day the bike isn't much quieter. Oh well.
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