To be honest, we had kinda written off Bogota after our visit in 2014. It was kind of a two-days-and-done sorta of place…check out Plaza Bolivar, sweat your way to the top of Monserrate (10,000 foot/3100 meter city viewpoint), and have an amble through El Museo de Oro. (Museum of Gold). We learned quickly that the plethora of small towns…
Medellin…to some the mere name of it brings a shudder and a stereotypical statement about cocaine, the TV show Narcos, and the notorious drug lord & narcoterrorist, Pablo Escobar. While it’s true, that Medellin was once known as the “murder capital of the world,” in the last 20 years it has undergone a miraculous transformation and is now a must…