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Travel

Medellin Bucket List – Top 10 Activities

Whether you’re in it for the cocaine and hookers or the nature, fruit and pollution, Medellin has it all! Though I won’t tell you where the best prostitutes are, my Medellin bucket list is a slightly more Disney’fied Medellin bucket list with the best places to check out while you’re here. With that said I present… Parque ARVI Whether you decide to go up via the cable cars at the Acevedo metro station or take the Santa Elena bus up the hill, you’re bound for beauty! If you decide to go up via the cable cars, one option is to walk all the way towards Santa…

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Culture & Immersion

Gringo Guide Semana Santa in Medellin

As a Westerner I had come across this week about as well informed as a born again baptist at a buddhist temple. Being an agnostic of many years, I have trouble remembering when Easter is. You know that day as a child when you’re parents hid candy filled eggs around the house and you and your siblings were tasked with finding and eating them before they rot. The only time of year you see those pink and yellow marshmallow peeps, the ones you threw up after eating more than 5 of. Here in Medellin, I experienced none of that, except what in my point of view…

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Travel

Exotic Fruit of Medellin and Where to Find

Gawwd, yet another post on the fruit of Colombia? Yea ’cause all the other ones are missing fruit! Both being a fruit obsessed gringo who’s lived in both Barranquilla and Medellín nearly 5 months I’ve search and come across some fruit that make you wonder what mother nature was thinking when it thought these up.

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Narrative

Fools Guide: Medellín => Jardín by Bike

Unless you’re either in really good shape or you’re a fool, why would you bike to Jardín from Medellín… Me? I’m the latter. Considering my reasons for doing it were to burn of all the Chicharones and  Chorizos that I had eaten the week before when my dad came to visit, I hadn’t really thought the trip through too well. I just knew I needed some exercise and some friends mentioned how gorgeous Jardín was and screw it, I made up my mind! First thing I did was invite my friend, then tell some people I’m doing it, then check how…

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Culture & Immersion

Swimming at Estadio, Medellin – How to Reserve

For all you gringos out there that wondering how you can go swimming at Estadio for free, here’s how!   Swimming at Estadio Requirements: A swim cap Synthetic material swimsuit (Under Armour material) Printed out reservation form Your physical document ID/Passport (they won’t accept a photo on your phone) The swimming cap (3.000 pesos) and swimsuit (20.000 pesos) you will be able to buy at the store at the swimming complex. Step 1: Create an account To get started creating an account so that you can reserve your pool spot go to https://www.inder.gov.co If you want to change your language, do so now from the homepage, then go…

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Culture & Immersion, Narrative

Ayahuasca Ceremony? Tripping on Wha?

They say the Ayahuasca ceremony is a medicinal one — “So we need a purpose and we need to wear all white and abstain from meat, sex, onions, garlic and what else!?” I asked my friend Flor, in surprise. The list of requirements for the ayahuasca ceremony was unique to say the least. Additionally spending the Saturday night before my 27th birthday in the jungle around a fire tripping on spiritual medicine instead of partying on a rooftop party is once in a lifetime chance. Right? “I’m doing it! It’s on my bucket list. I’ll just fast for 2 days straight so I don’t puke.” And that’s…

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Travel

How to Cure Your Sweet Tooth in Medellin

I have an addiction… No it’s not the marijuana, but the sweets! Poor ole me living in a foreign country thought how terrible life must be for all of the other foreigners to be stranded without a Sweets Map. So here’s to you unprepared travelers journeying deep into the heart of sweet toothdom in Medellin! Arequipe (Ah-reh-key-pay) How do you explain it? Colombian caramel!

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Miscellaneoes, Travel

How to Quit Your Job and Laugh About it

I quit my last job to start this job, then got fed up with this job and I quit it! Ok, I’m not as proud about quitting this last job as it sounds (I do still have some tentacles attached to it). One thing I know is that I need to find a new job, and no, I’m not doing any coding… A little about me, my name is Marius though I’ve had the nickname Maruf since the good ole days living in Michigan and attending Lithuanian camp every summer. Since then I have habituated a few places. My more recent chapter involved working stupidly long…

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