The Other Side of Medellin...

OK, well I think I was a little premature when I originally described Medellin. I guess I should have seen the entire city before I described it the way I did. For the record, I´ll clarify that the part of Medellin that I live in could be considered the Beverly Hills section of the city. Yesterday, a few of the new teachers and I went out to see a parade, which consisted mostly of horses and guys with big guns. We stuck around for a bit and then jumped on the metro and headed downtown. That place is crazy! The downtown is absolutely jam-packed with people doing all sorts of crazy things, for example, there was a guy who had apparently been doing push-ups for so long that he had a huge crowd gathered around him and a massive puddle of sweat underneath. That was a little strange. There were also lots of other street performers doing various odd things. One thing that´s pretty entertaining, and a bit scary, is the way that people dart in and out of traffic. I could have sworn that I was going to see someone die. The people here drive like maniacs; red lights mean absolutely nothing to them. On the way home in the metro, we were attracting lots of attention, or maybe it was just my shirt that reads "Pour Favor" (thanks Hafners and Meis´s!) with a pitcher of beer being poured into a glass. Either way, it was a fairly ordinary day made interesting by the usual antics of the residents of the city.

Today, I´m going to attempt to get a haircut without getting butchered. We´re also going to try a place called "Sushi to Go" which should be interesting to say the least. For dinner, we´re going to a big chain called "Crepes and Waffles" which seems to be really popular in Colombia.

Talk to you later,

Ben