Glam rock in Medellin

Medellin is totally Glam (or as sarah would say, flash!) with a capital G. It is the center of fashion in colombia, and every other woman on the street is absolutely STUNNING. Backpacker guys have been telling me for months than the most beautiful women are from Colombia, and for good reason. They have beautiful hair and skin, and apparently itīs very common to get breast implants at age 18. It was hard to feel like I could compete, especially because the only summer clothing still in my repertoire was the red ecuadorian dress.

I spent a mellow 5 days there soaking up the beautiful medellin. The zona rosa, where our hostel was located, had tree lined streets with super trendy outdoor bars and cafes. Sarah unfortunately came down with a cold the day after our joyous reunion, so I was pretty much just hanging out waiting for her to get better. Luckily we were staying in a small, homey hostel where I met 3 other really fun australians, and the group of us had a grand old time hanging out, eating gourmet pizzas, telling bad jokes, having quasi intelligent discussions on astronomy, and catching up on bad movies in the hostel. In fact the zona rosa part of medellin felt entirely UN-colombian with the french bakery round the corner and the boutique shops selling an assortment of patchwork clothing. If not for Sarah feeling under the weather I might not have stayed so long.