Safe and Sound in Medellin

Well the visions I had of spending a couple days hanging out at South Beach were dashed by Avianca's excellent customer support. I guess that means they aren't going on the list after all. They got me on the next flight to Medellin, which unfortunately left at 1:00 AM and touched down at 4:00 AM. Turns out the cabbie from the airport charged me the gringo rate of $50,000 pesos, instead of the going rate of $38,000 (about $5 more than it should have been) Oh well, I was pretty much prepared for that. Other than that he seemed like a nice guy and all.

So after 25 hours, 2 delayed flights, an unused hotel voucher, a $100 travel voucher from United and a little TLC from the TSA here I am in Medellin. It's absolutely gorgeous here, and I would expect nothing less from the "the City of Eternal Spring". Although I gotta admit it's strange walking around in my sunglasses and checking out the Christmas decorations (and there are a loooot of Christmas decorations here).