death by gummi bears! (doctored photo by daniela edburg, contemp photo show at MAMM in conjunction with some annual photo contest/show/whatever)
death by gummi bears! (doctored photo by daniela edburg, contemp photo show at MAMM in conjunction with some annual photo contest/show/whatever)
hella romantic grave of jorge isaacs, cemeterio san pedro, medell’in: “oleo de livres llevan los hijos de tus hijos / mejor puedes luchando vivir esclavo no”
stumbled across a music fest on our way out of medellin, all bands from choco and some other western province— the audience, mostly from choco and said province, was overwhelmingly black, and this dance group’s cumbia/tambor bonanza got seriously racial…
creepy maniquined mexican resto in envigado. didn’t try the food— too terrified.
…complete with “mexican” ice cream (capucino and arequipa-raisin flavors)
centro comercial el palacio— cool 1925 building spruced up to be a downmarket clothing mall…
hotel breakfast
Medellin
this cool plaza of futuristic columns adjacent to the… EPM? EFM? “intelligent” museum really struck me as classy— as did the wierd building in the background. pretty city, all in all, but walking through any central district is really overwhelmingly swamped with people (many of them etchasketchy) at most daylight hours.
botero bustero buffero
cute cats! bogota has good graffiti.
bogota
bogota seen from the monserrate hill (people on this subcontinent LOVE funiculars). don’t really recommend the halfday trip unless u really like funiculars, cuz the nature, although breathtaking when looking down the other side, didn’t look particularly safe to walk thru…
