Guatape – The Rock

Our last day in Medellin we took a two hour bus ride to the town of Guatape to visit “The Rock.”

Medellin

After a great time in Taganga, we took a flight from Santa Marta to Medellin. We originally planned on taking a bus, but it was over 20 hours and would cost $35 each. Instead, we found a cheap flight ($60 each) and it only took 50 minutes.

The first day in Medellin we decided to take the Metra rail and cable car lines to explore the city and orient ourselves to the city. Here are the views from the mountains:

A staple dish of Medellin and Colombia is Bandeja Paisa , which you see below. Dave finished all except the pork rind.

We visited the plaza at the Museo de Antioquia (didn’t go inside though) to see the works of Fernando Bortero, a figurative artist and sculptor from Medellín. His signature style, also known as “Boterismo”, depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume.

The following two pictures are of the Plaza de Cisneros which has a large artificial forest of 300 poles with a maximum height of 24 meters.

Just across the street is the Gobernacion de Antioquia building and in front of it is this amazing sculpture! The creator is Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt and it is called Monumento a la Raza.