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  1. Medellin´s Cable Car

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 13 February 2009

    Medellin is very proud of its metro system, and unlike any other I´ve used, it features cable cars which extend off the train lines to reach up mountains to the poorer neighborhoods in the city.

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  2. Plaza Botero And

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 12 February 2009

    On a beautiful Monday, I took the metro to Parque Berrio in the city´s center.

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  3. Parks And Pueblito Paisa

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 11 February 2009

    Andres, the Argentinian, and I continued to walk around the Universidad metro after visiting the aquarium.

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  4. The Botanical Garden and New Aquarium

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 10 February 2009

    The next morning, I had coffee and a cheese pastry at one of the cafes just below the hostel. I bought a map and was asking reception about sightseeing suggestions when Andres, a very tall Argentinian from Buenos Aires, on break from his medical residency, asked me where I was going for the day.

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  5. Travel Day

    Blog: GoBackpacking - 9 February 2009

    I managed one and a half hours of quality sleep after my night out in the Zona Rosa, leaving me incredibly hungover for the flight to Medellin.

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