Colombia

[baboso 6054]

On 3/16/2020 at 1:38 AM, Fudge Nuggets said:

Bring us back any primo blow?

Yeah, what about the booger sugar?

[futureman 22452]

I probably haven't done blow since before 2010 but after putting so much shitty powder up my nose for many years through high school and college and my early 20s I think one of the things I've wanted most in life is to try some uncut pure south american shit at least once in my life.  just try it once and knock it off my bucket list, that way I can stop thinking about it, right?

[Chad Fuck 17669]

Coke was never my thing.  I also had Mrs. F & Jr. (7) old in tow.  So it wasn't that kind of trip.

 

[Zombie 284]

Just got back from a three week Colombia/Peru trip. Cartagena to Medellin to Salento to Bogota itinerary. Medellin was my favorite by far. Beautiful mountains, great restaurants and bars. Salento was tops for natural beauty. Reminded me a lot of parts of Costa Rice. The local food was ok, but I didn't go for the food like I would in Mexico.  Beautiful country and really friendly people.  

[SimonBolivar 10958]

On 11/30/2019 at 11:00 AM, iodeac said:

It's called Españolistos. It's actually a really good podcast and they cover a lot of interesting topics. They went to Medellin in February and it looked like a lot of fun.

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I'm really enjoying this podcast. It's right at my level of Spanish where it's challenging me but is understandable. Hopefully one day they'll do trips again.

[iodeac 138]

2 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

I'm really enjoying this podcast. It's right at my level of Spanish where it's challenging me but is understandable. Hopefully one day they'll do trips again.

I'm glad you like it.  They really do a great job of putting it together and their membership program is very thorough, they do live classes and all kinds of stuff.

As far as the trips, before we left they were kinda floating the idea of doing another one, maybe in Bucaramanga this time for more immersion.  Our group for whatever reason was really great and we got along really well, to the point that we have a Whatsapp group and Skype calls at least every other week.  I think it was hard for us to adjust to being back at first because we all got along so well.   I don't know if everyone on the trip to Medellin is 100% ready to go back next year, but I know a lot of us are and I would sign up for it yesterday if they put it together.

[TechTech 99]

Alright, heading to Colombia for my second time on Saturday for an undecided amount of time. First time was three weeks and I did Medellin, Cartagena, Baranquilla, Palomino and Tayrona NP.

Any recommendations on areas to do other than these. I am also working so anything without wifi will have to be weekend trips. Anybody done the amazon? Recs? Also sounds like Salento is a good spot?

[iodeac 138]

Alright, heading to Colombia for my second time on Saturday for an undecided amount of time. First time was three weeks and I did Medellin, Cartagena, Baranquilla, Palomino and Tayrona NP.
Any recommendations on areas to do other than these. I am also working so anything without wifi will have to be weekend trips. Anybody done the amazon? Recs? Also sounds like Salento is a good spot?

I heard the Eje Cafetero is a cool place to visit with the tall palm trees. Try to play some tejo if you get a chance. Maybe Caño Cristales to see the River of Seven Colors.

Take lots of pictures and post here. Super jealous

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[TechTech 99]

7 minutes ago, iodeac said:

I heard the Eje Cafetero is a cool place to visit with the tall palm trees. Try to play some tejo if you get a chance. Maybe Caño Cristales to see the River of Seven Colors.

Take lots of pictures and post here. Super jealous

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What is the easiest way to load them. Can I select them straight from my phone or do I have to upload them to a stupid site light Imugr.

[Cajun 11705]

On 3/17/2020 at 12:34 PM, baboso said:

Yeah, what about the booger sugar?

Oh, and, uh, Dude, booger sugar is not the preferred nomenclature.

Stripper dust, please.

[tx 3 putt 76905]

On 2/22/2020 at 10:08 PM, futureman said:

tell me about the women. 

 

couple of tips from guys that i know that have worked down there : 

1. big box of condoms, costco has the best price (maybe two) 

2. goto Victoria's secret and buy up xs and s gstrings on sale / clearance. the Victoria's Secret brand is a huge deal. Gstrings only, thongs are granny panties down there. i think they even have micro gstrings. also, she'll wash her panties in the shower and hang them on the shower rod.*

3. buy little lotions / shampoos, bath and body works or VS. this is a huge deal. ask the hotel for extra shampoo, conditioner, lotion too.* (* be careful though because these little gifts will mean all the world to most women down there) 

4. your hotel has uninterrupted hot water and a shower. this is enough to get anyone laid down there. 

5. viagra and cialis are sold over the counter, even at the convivence stores. stronger aspirin with caffeine is great, also over the counter. 

6. the marriage rate at my old company was about 75% with guys going to columbia, argentina and venezeula. it was nothing for a 50 yo engineer to go down and meet the love of his life, 25 / perfect / gorgeous. some guys would just keep the gf down there and come back to their family in the US. lot of guys would come back, get a divorce and then move up the new wife asap or try to get a transfer down there. i vividly remember a 60 yo service rep telling me : 'I didn't even know people could have that much sex. My whole life has been a waste !' 

7. #csb we had a crew down in argentina for almost a year. every guy had two live in gf's. the oldest guy, redneck cajun guy (shaped like a basketball) decided to go with 3 live in gf's. the other two ganged up on her and poor girl got her ass kicked. she had to leave. 

[futureman 22452]

I need to get to Colombia 

[Orale 1087]

10 hours ago, TechTech said:

Alright, heading to Colombia for my second time on Saturday for an undecided amount of time. First time was three weeks and I did Medellin, Cartagena, Baranquilla, Palomino and Tayrona NP.

Any recommendations on areas to do other than these. I am also working so anything without wifi will have to be weekend trips. Anybody done the amazon? Recs? Also sounds like Salento is a good spot?

I was at Salento March last year and really enjoyed it. It's a small town surrounded by coffee bean farms. The town itself has a surprisingly good selection of restaurants and of course coffee shops. Spend a day hiking the famed Valle de Cocora which you get to in about 15 minutes on colorfully painted Jeep taxis from the town center. Do a coffee farm tour which is really interesting and drink some great coffee at the end. 

You can take a bus from the big cities, but I read a lot of people had mixed experiences. So I flew from Bogota to Armenia which is about a 45 minute taxi ride to Salento. The B&B I stayed at arranged a driver for me which I appreciated because I knew the price ahead of time and didn't have to worry about getting ripped off by some random taxi driver at the airport. The drive from Armenia to Salento was pretty cool because, aside from being very pretty, my driver pointed out some of the abandoned cartel mansions. Salento is definitely worth a few days visit.  

[futureman 22452]

4 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

1. big box of condoms, costco has the best price (maybe two) 

yeah but I hate condoms. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

16 minutes ago, futureman said:

yeah but I hate condoms. 

 

when will you be in Columbia again ?

[TechTech 99]

15 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

couple of tips from guys that i know that have worked down there : 

1. big box of condoms, costco has the best price (maybe two) 

2. goto Victoria's secret and buy up xs and s gstrings on sale / clearance. the Victoria's Secret brand is a huge deal. Gstrings only, thongs are granny panties down there. i think they even have micro gstrings. also, she'll wash her panties in the shower and hang them on the shower rod.*

3. buy little lotions / shampoos, bath and body works or VS. this is a huge deal. ask the hotel for extra shampoo, conditioner, lotion too.* (* be careful though because these little gifts will mean all the world to most women down there) 

4. your hotel has uninterrupted hot water and a shower. this is enough to get anyone laid down there. 

5. viagra and cialis are sold over the counter, even at the convivence stores. stronger aspirin with caffeine is great, also over the counter. 

6. the marriage rate at my old company was about 75% with guys going to columbia, argentina and venezeula. it was nothing for a 50 yo engineer to go down and meet the love of his life, 25 / perfect / gorgeous. some guys would just keep the gf down there and come back to their family in the US. lot of guys would come back, get a divorce and then move up the new wife asap or try to get a transfer down there. i vividly remember a 60 yo service rep telling me : 'I didn't even know people could have that much sex. My whole life has been a waste !' 

7. #csb we had a crew down in argentina for almost a year. every guy had two live in gf's. the oldest guy, redneck cajun guy (shaped like a basketball) decided to go with 3 live in gf's. the other two ganged up on her and poor girl got her ass kicked. she had to leave. 

Yep, the two hottest women I have ever slept with were in Colombia. Im 32 and in good to v good shape and you dont even have to do anything. Just meet one, ask if she wants to come on a mini vacation with you. They yours.

[TechTech 99]

11 hours ago, Orale said:

I was at Salento March last year and really enjoyed it. It's a small town surrounded by coffee bean farms. The town itself has a surprisingly good selection of restaurants and of course coffee shops. Spend a day hiking the famed Valle de Cocora which you get to in about 15 minutes on colorfully painted Jeep taxis from the town center. Do a coffee farm tour which is really interesting and drink some great coffee at the end. 

You can take a bus from the big cities, but I read a lot of people had mixed experiences. So I flew from Bogota to Armenia which is about a 45 minute taxi ride to Salento. The B&B I stayed at arranged a driver for me which I appreciated because I knew the price ahead of time and didn't have to worry about getting ripped off by some random taxi driver at the airport. The drive from Armenia to Salento was pretty cool because, aside from being very pretty, my driver pointed out some of the abandoned cartel mansions. Salento is definitely worth a few days visit.  

Putting this on my list. Might just rent a car, fuck getting a taxi or a bus. 

[TechTech 99]

13 hours ago, futureman said:

I need to get to Colombia 

my goal is to hit every country and therefore I rarely want/like to go to the same place twice. A country twice just takes away an opportunity to knock another one off. I am gladly going back to Colombia. It should be on your list. Flights are extremely cheap. Beer is a dollar or less. The only thing thats mediocre is the food. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

Santiago, Chile is very underrated 

[iodeac 138]

4 hours ago, TechTech said:

my goal is to hit every country and therefore I rarely want/like to go to the same place twice. A country twice just takes away an opportunity to knock another one off. I am gladly going back to Colombia. It should be on your list. Flights are extremely cheap. Beer is a dollar or less. The only thing thats mediocre is the food. 

Mentiras.  I could crush a bandeja paisa right now, plus you have sancocho, ajiaco, fruit you can't get anywhere else, fresh avocado, arepas con choclo, buñuelos, chocolate con queso.  You must have gone to the wrong places.

We loved Argentina and Chile (Santiago is a great city, just a little too much traffic and pollution) but Colombia was the one place I can say I´ve been in my life that felt like home.  I would live there in a heartbeat.

 

[elfenix 34230]

On 3/17/2021 at 11:33 AM, TechTech said:

Anybody done the amazon?

about 25 years ago.  no idea if the internet is down there - i know the big cities in colombia are wired as fuck now but leticia is capital R remote.  like, chickens carried on the airplane remote.  anyway, we took a jungle tour and a river tour with stops in brazil and peru.  the river tour is a good way to get an idea of how vast the amazon river is even that far inland. 

[TechTech 99]

18 hours ago, iodeac said:

Mentiras.  I could crush a bandeja paisa right now, plus you have sancocho, ajiaco, fruit you can't get anywhere else, fresh avocado, arepas con choclo, buñuelos, chocolate con queso.  You must have gone to the wrong places.

We loved Argentina and Chile (Santiago is a great city, just a little too much traffic and pollution) but Colombia was the one place I can say I´ve been in my life that felt like home.  I would live there in a heartbeat.

 

I strangely feel the exact same way. I am starting off with a monthish in Medellin and seeing what happens. Huge expat digital nomad scene in El Poblado so that is where I will be. Something special about Medellin.

[midtown 3345]

Medellin was my favorite as well right up with the coffee region.   Manizales.   

Agreed with what someone said above.  Colombia along with Vietnam are the two countries I absolutely will return to. 

I cant say I agree that hot women are everywhere.  Now there was a bar in Bogota in Parque 93 that had some drop dead models and also a club in Medellin in Parque Llinas with a good group but I think most of those were pros. 

Edited March 19, 2021 by midtown

[SimonBolivar 10958]

23 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Santiago, Chile is very underrated 

It's also a really long way away from Texas compared to Colombia.

[futureman 22452]

On 3/18/2021 at 11:14 AM, tx 3 putt said:

Santiago, Chile is very underrated 

I was there twice last year. visited the Celinto Catayente Towers. 

[tx 3 putt 76905]

13 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

It's also a really long way away from Texas compared to Colombia.

first time I flew to Argentina I remember hitting colmumbia and thinking ‘damn we’re almost there !’

[elfenix 34230]

14 hours ago, midtown said:

in Bogota in Parque 93

that was my parents' hood while expating down there

[TechTech 99]

So been down here over a month now after twoish in Mexico. Second time here and I love it every bit as much.

 

Interesting times down here however, covid is really bad and the cities are locked down on the weekends with curfew during the week. I have been sneaking away to remote beaches and jungle towns etc to avoid them and the mask thing. Colombians are shockingly submissive and a lot just do what theyre told. There is a big protest in Medellin on the 28th as the govt is trying to raise taxes while keeping everyone at home.

 

So far, on this second trip, I have done Medellin, Jardin, Salento, Santa Marta, Guachaca, Buritaca, Palomino, and Minca. Been hiding out in Guachaca and Buritaca as they care the least and have the most nightlife right now.

 

Really excited because on Friday I head up into Guajira and specifically Cabo de la Vale to go to Kitesurfing school out in the dessert. I am lazy as fuck but I might have to post pictures of that.

 

Oh and can comfirm the women still fuck like rabbits.

[Sweetnsourpoke 167]

Bumping this thread for an update. Looking at doing a Peru/Ecuador/Colombia trip this fall but not sure what's going on with the lockdowns. 

Possible to cross borders overland right now? 

Tech.....what are you paying on average per night on accommodations? Thanks 

[Chad Fuck 17669]

Bumping this thread for an update. Looking at doing a Peru/Ecuador/Colombia trip this fall but not sure what's going on with the lockdowns. 
Possible to cross borders overland right now? 
Tech.....what are you paying on average per night on accommodations? Thanks 

We went to Peru over Memorial Day weekend and I highly recommend it. Tourism is down and there’s really nobody there. All the people who live there are staying home to avoid the covid (assume you’re vaccinated). There were relatively few people at Macchu Pichu. The normal visit is 1.5 hrs because they run through 2500 people a day. When we showed up at opening, there were about 100 people and we stayed there with our private guide early four hours. Once in a lifetime experience.

I can’t speak to accommodation costs as all our hotels were on points.

[Sweetnsourpoke 167]

Great info. Thanks. Where all did you visit in Peru? 

[Chad Fuck 17669]

Great info. Thanks. Where all did you visit in Peru? 

We departed DFW late Wednesday and flew into Lima then immediately to Cuzco, arriving early Thursday.

Thursday we hung around the Plaza de Armas and saw the various churches and generally wandered around the colonial center. We took Jr. to the Museo de Chocolate. We didn’t feel too bad with the altitude but we didn’t want to overdo it early, so we kept it pretty mild. We stayed at the Palacio del Inka which was outstanding.

Friday we had a private guide and driver take us to Chinchero, Moray, the saltmines and a very quick stop at Ollantytambo. This whole ride is filled with Incan ruins. It’s quite a remarkable drive. We took the train from Ollantytambo up to Aguas Calientes.

Saturday we were up at four something and at Machu Picchu when it opened. That was something. It really felt as if we had it to ourselves. We came back down the mountain and had lunch, then the train back to Ollantytambo where we had a little more time for a wander before driving back to Cuzco. If we had more time, I would easily have spent a day in Ollantytambo.


^Ain’t nobody there. Ain’t never gonna looka like that again.

Sunday we wandered around Cuzco checking out the sites we had missed earlier. All our time in Cuzco was spent walking. We didn’t take any auto except too and from the airport. The colonial part of the city, which is what we most cared about in the short time we had available, is pretty compact.

We got up early Monday and flew to Lima. We spent the day in Lima, once again mostly around the Plaza de Armas but we stayed at the airport Holiday Inn, which was a bit of a hike. Lima struck me as interesting, and I would have liked more time to explore, but it’s kind of just a big dirty city.

We did get to see Francisco Pizzaro’s tomb, which was cool though.

The it was up super early Tuesday and back to Dallas. We would have liked a longer trip. But we have some friends in Peru who told us (knowing Memorial Day was coming up and we were vaccinated) that we needed to see Machu Picchu immediately. I’m glad we did. The people were lovely and I’d definitely like to hike and explore more.

[Orale 1087]

I really enjoyed the Miraflores and Barranco neighborhoods along the ocean in Lima. I think it's worth two or three nights there as an entry or exit point from Peru. There are some excellent restaurants and the ocean side is beautiful. Very upscale as far as Peru goes. 

[mycox 582]

Miraflores is a great area

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Medellin for eight days with 3 small kids is a terrible idea isn’t it?

[CooterBrown 18005]

Medellin for eight days with 3 small kids is a terrible idea isn’t it?

Plenty of kids do cocaine. They’ll be fine.

[Orale 1087]

21 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Medellin for eight days with 3 small kids is a terrible idea isn’t it?

I stayed three nights and thought it was sufficient. But it's a really great city and I wouldn't have minded staying longer. Are you going to other parts of Colombia as well? 

[midtown 3345]

I stayed three nights and thought it was sufficient. But it's a really great city and I wouldn't have minded staying longer. Are you going to other parts of Colombia as well? 

Ditto. Did three. Would have liked a 4th.

[iodeac 138]

Medellin for eight days with 3 small kids is a terrible idea isn’t it?

Medellín is an amazing city but the idea of trying to get around it with three small kids is a little intense.

My wife and I are going to Bogotá in late December with a friend of ours. He's dating someone who lives there and we're staying with her family for about 5 days, my friend is staying a little longer. I really can't wait to go back, should be fun spending New Year's there too.

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[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

7 hours ago, Orale said:

I stayed three nights and thought it was sufficient. But it's a really great city and I wouldn't have minded staying longer. Are you going to other parts of Colombia as well? 

We are going to Guatapé for a few nights as well, but that’s the extent of the itinerary at this point. Medellín—>Guatapé 

3 hours ago, iodeac said:

Medellín is an amazing city but the idea of trying to get around it with three small kids is a little intense.

My wife and I are going to Bogotá in late December with a friend of ours. He's dating someone who lives there and we're staying with her family for about 5 days, my friend is staying a little longer. I really can't wait to go back, should be fun spending New Year's there too.

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Yes we will be in Medellín through Christmas and spend NYE in Guatapé. Currently looking for a local niñera to hire to be with us the entire time as well. Seems to be some parks/gardens, etc where the kids can run around but if we find a niñera the trip feels like slightly less of a shit show.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Full disclosure: Booked trip on a whim while stoned last night.

Only thing set in stone at this point is flights in and out of Medellin. There for 2 weeks.

Now thinking Medellín—>south to the coffee zone —> Guatapé —> last night in Medellín before AM flight out.

Suggestions welcome.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

UPDATE: booked 3 nights in Jardín. So Medellín --> Guatape (maybe day trip, maybe 1 night) --> Jardin --> Medellín for last night.

Have contacts in Colombia that will be able to find a nanny to be with us for the entire trip, so feeling like this isn't the worst idea on the planet.

[Doc Holliday 199]

I'm single and supporting one of my company's delivery centers down there.  This thread gives me ideas.

[midtown 3345]

Guatape looks like a fun little town to stay in for a night.  Maybe get a place on the lake.    We were out near Manizales which is a bit bigger I tink but I assume its a very similar experience. 

Never made it to Cali but apparently thats the place with the hot college girls

Edited November 18, 2021 by midtown

[midtown 3345]

Btw. Any one else hit a casino in Colombia? Black Jack table rules are odd.

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

Update: Colombia is fucking awesome. We ended up staying an extra week.

If you’ve been kicking around a Latin/South America trip, you should make sure it’s to Colombia.

[iodeac 138]

15 hours ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Update: Colombia is fucking awesome. We ended up staying an extra week.

If you’ve been kicking around a Latin/South America trip, you should make sure it’s to Colombia.

Tell me more about your trip.

[iodeac 138]

Wife and I just got back from Bogotá yesterday, we spent about 5 days there at a house of a friend of mine that I've gotten to know through Facebook who is actually dating a really good friend of mine here in Charlotte.  We stayed at her house where she lives on the bottom floor, and her sisters and mom live upstairs.  The house was really cool, it had a rooftop to view the fireworks over New Year's and kind of like a courtyard-type area on the bottom floor, it was awesome.

It was my wife's first time being in Colombia and she fell in love with it just as much as I did last year when I went to Medellín, and for some of the same reasons.  She loved the vibe and energy of the country, and how nice everyone was.  We took side trips to Pueblito Boyacense as well as Villa de Leyva, and I got to see much more of the countryside than I did last year.  We ate a ton of food including lots of arepas, empanadas, buñuelos, and ajiaco just to name a few.

I love how polite and courteous Colombians are, everywhere we went, people were friendly and you constantly heard "con gusto", "con permiso", "a la orden", etc.  People there don't have these attitudes you find often here in the states.  We were also blown away by the hospitality of my friend's family.  They bent over backward to make us feel welcome, including cooking a ton of food on New Year's Eve, and they had a ton of presents for us.  We kinda knew they would going in, so we bought some stuff for them, but they even cooked a huge dinner the night we left and had more things to give us. 

I'm definitely looking forward to going back as soon as I can.  Everyone there wears masks, inside and outside, and I felt a lot safer there than here as far as Covid is concerned. The tests were quick and easy and we got our results back in about 4 hours.

Also, I went to Wake and after what A&M pulled with our bowl game, Jimbo and the rest of that school can fuck off.

 

 

[Doc Reeves 6434]

good to hear. Nice to read about your trip.

Colombia is an incredibly beautiful place with incredible people. I’ve always had the best time there. It’s got your regular S.A. stuff you need to acclimate to, but it’s a great place to visit right now if you’ve got some Spanish. 

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

On 1/6/2022 at 2:13 PM, iodeac said:

Tell me more about your trip.

oh man...too much to list out, but highlights:

• the people - they're just awesome. genuinely good people, that seem hellbent on letting the world know they are not the country of their more recent past. we were introduced to friends of friends of friends that had a daughter that stayed with us for our entire trip and we basically became their adopted gringo family. they had us over for nochebuena and treated us to local food, gave our daughters gifts, and put on a karaoke dance party for the ages. then had us over again a few nights later, after the women had spent like 3 days making tamales from the southern part of colombia (huge fuckers with massive chunks of chicken breast, pork, egg, etc.)...i'm not a huge fan of traditional mexican tamales (at least the ones that are about 10% meat, 90% masa) but these things were outstanding gut bombs. all of the people we met were similarly welcoming and friendly. in the mountains we would just start driving up coffee farm roads and you'd see a sign outside of a house advertising juice or whatever. we'd stop and the grandmom would serve up fresh empanadas or arepas, the sons would bring coffee, juices, beers, and the granddad would play the guitar and sing traditional songs. they were just so happy you were there and interested in their way of life. on metro trains, we would walk onto the train with 3 small kids and half a dozen people would stand up from their seat offering them to us/our kids. this same scene would play out when older women would walk on the train.
• the scenery - narnia. we went to some places that absolutely blew my mind. we drove from medellin to jardin and arrived in the evening, so all we could see was lights in the mountains. woke up the next morning to the most beautiful scene i've ever seen in my life. i was sitting on the porch drinking coffee and it felt like i was tripping and somehow was inside of a painting. i fell in love so hard with jardin it's tough to describe.
• the culture - they are proudly colombian. it's just very real. each town has a main plaza, and it's where they gather and talk, drink, dance, pray, prance their horses around. they drink, they laugh, they smile, they exchange pleasantries and they enjoy life.
• medellín - it's such a cool town with something for everyone. what really blew my mind was the quality of the infrastructure...the metro train is as good as any others i've travelled on. the roads/highways are in better shape than those in the states. they've invested heavily in their infrastructure and it shows. the fancy parts of towns are so swanky you could put them in NYC or LA and you wouldn't know the difference (other than your bill would be 1/10th the price).
• the cost - good fucking lord it's cheap. each morning in jardin we would go to the local bakery and basically buy 3-4 of everything (we'd walk out with 5-6 bags full of amazing breads, sweets, etc.) and it would be $15...in the states, it's easily $100+. i ate a massive tomahawk steak our last night in medellin, with fries and a salad and a juice and it was $15.
• the fruits/juices - they've got some shit i've never heard of and their fruit juice game is on point. 

if you have some spanish in your arsenal, you just gotta go.*

* reminds me...be prepared to feel like an animal in the zoo if you're planning on getting outside of the expat-y areas of medellin. everywhere we went people just stared at us. i don't think many had ever seen curly blonde hair or blue eyes. in the smaller towns those stares would become smiles and 'look at the baby dolls, they are so beautiful!' comments. but it ain't touristy latin america where they're used to seeing gringos and don't bat an eye.