• Saturday 17 August 2019
    Highlights: Lost or stolen wallet, farewell dinner

    Today was one of those days you remember for the wrong reasons. While leaving Medellín sometime between exiting our private bus and checking in my bag for the 9.53 am flight to Cartagena my wallet went missing.

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  • Avianca
    Gate: 5
    Seat: 15D (Exit Row Aisle)
    Plane: A320-100
    Boarded: 09.38
    Pushback: 09.56
    Departed: 10.05 (Scheduled 09.43)
    Arrived: 10.54 (Scheduled 10.50)
    Duration: 49 minutes
    Distance: 473 kms

    This was the second of two flights included with the G Adventures Classic Colombia tour. This was a short flight schedule for 1 hour 3 minutes it turned out to be even less.

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  • Friday 16 August 2019.
    Highlights: Replica town Peñol de Guatapé, Rock of Guatapé, Guatapé zocalos, tuk-tuk ride.

    Today was a full free day from the tour so the group split and did there own thing. Seven of us selected a day tour to Guatapé which our tour leader Miguel organised and joined us (cost 110,000 pesos). It was to be a day of amazing colours, fitness tests and great street art work.

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  • Thursday 15 August 2019.
    Highlights: Exploring Medellín – Downtown and the infamous (but great) District 13, Monserrate Hill Cable Car ride.

    We have two full days in Medellín before catching at flight out on Saturday. Today was the chance to see Medellín up close and in depth while tomorrow some of us will leave the city and visit the picturesque Guatape.

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  • Wednesday 14 August 2019.
    Highlights: Long countryside private bus ride, a quiet beer in Medellín

    Today was a repositioning day to get from Salento to Medellín. That meant leaving our hotel in Salento at 7 am and attempting to get to Medellín before peak hour traffic.

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