The Most Underrated City in South America (Medellin) // Colombia Travel Vlog
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- We have arrived in Colombia (not Columbia, that's an adventure clothing brand)! Medellin is our first stop on our travels in this new country and we could not be more impressed! Medellin has a rough history, and although it has been many years since this city was considered the most dangerous place in the world, this reputation of danger continues to loom in people's minds. During our visit to the city we wanted to get a feel for the new Medellin while learning about the efforts that have transformed this once-deadly city. If you are headed to Colombia, we highly recommend adding Medellin to your itinerary. This place is epic.
To get a better idea of what Medellin has been through, we started our exploration of the city by joining a free walking tour (we can highly recommend Dio from Real City Tours). We learned about the very distant history of Medellin, and the not-so-distant history. Our tour guide shared with us his own memories of the war zone that was Medellin in the late 1980's and early 1990's. He recalled his memories of violence and suffering that were created at the hands of drug cartels, corrupt social systems, and one particular man who he referred to as Voldemort so as to not speak his name in public (yes, we are talking about Pablo Escobar). It was hard to believe the streets we were now walking down safely as tourists were the same streets where countless murders had taken place in the name of cocaine just a few decades earlier.
Medellin is the epitome of a city transformed. The feeling we got while walking around the city and interacting with our neighbours was one of unshakeable optimism. There was something about the place and the people that just made us feel hopeful. People seemed to ooze resilience and pride to be Paisa (from Medellin), and the result was an atmosphere of possibility. We quickly learned that the people of Medellin had a lot to be proud of.
After trying some local Colombian food (bandeja paisa and arepa) and exploring the touristy neighbourhood of El Poblado, we joined a group and went to a Medellin futbol game (a soccer game). We discovered an outlet for all that positive energy at that futbol game because WOW are those soccer fans spirited!
Visiting Comuna 13 really helped to put into perspective the transformation that Medellin has undergone. Once the most dangerous neighbourhood in Medellin (which is really saying something), Comuna 13 now has safe schools, a social justice building, parks, and a bustling tourist industry. Everywhere you look there is street art and performers, and the outdoor escalators make it all incredibly accessible. This community built into the hillside with no streets wide enough for vehicles can completely changed in the past twenty years, and learning about the transformation of Comuna 13 was the perfect way to cap off our visit to the unbelievable city of Medellin.
We were so impressed with Medellin and feel so grateful that we get to share the city's positivity and hopefulness with you. Thanks for joining us :)
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== Chapters ==
00:00 We are in Colombia!
00:20 World class walking tours
03:24 The most valued part of the city
04:08 El Poblado
04:30 First Colombian food (bandeja paisa and arepas)
06:14 Medellin futbol game (soccer)!
09:12 Touring Comuna 13
11:28 What to expect in Comuna 13
13:06 Being rapped about
14:23 Bloopers
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I went to Medellín in January and it truly was one of the best trips I’ve been on. I’m watching this video because I missed and you showed it so beautifully. There’s so much to see in that wonderful city.
Wow…Camino 13 is amazing in its own way. I must be stuck in the past as I thought it was still a very dangerous place to visit. Their energy is almost infectious. Thanks
We're so glad to hear that the energy was noticeable in the video. The whole community just felt so alive! It was a really incredible place to visit. We left their feeling so hopeful and positive, it was really neat!
Medellin, Colombia 🇨🇴 The most underrated and is now one of the best cities to visit in South America, I love my country Colombia, Thanks for visiting, greetings from USA 🇺🇸 🙏🇨🇴✌️❤️
Couldn't agree more! 😊😊
It looks awesome, how much green is around the city, I have never thought Colombia was this green and colorful. And people seems very kind and happy :)
Yes! We are so in love with how green Colombia is! It's just gorgeous isn't it? We really, really love this country and are so impressed by all that it has to offer tourists 😊
We are very happy and we live very well
@@Jose-jb3rr can sandals be worn in Medellin? (Visiting soon)
Really why? Colombia is the most biodiverse country on the planet, has 60 national parks. Has the most variety of bird species, etc.
MEDELLIN since November 2022 is a SMART TOURIST DESTINATION and THE NEW YORK TIMES included Medellin among the best 52 destinations in the world in 2023, welcome.
Amazing city!
Good stuff. Learned a lot about Medellin from this video. Love travelling and learning at the same time.
Thank you, us too!
Nice video guys! Medellin looks beautiful! Cant wait to visit myself!
Thanks so much! It is an incredible city, we are already looking forward to the next time we can visit!
Am heading there’s this weekend am so excited
Some nice views!
Gorgeous city!
Loved your video! Beautiful Medellin ...!!!
Glad you enjoyed it! The city was beautiful!
Medallin seems like a very interesting city to visit! The facts you mentioned made me curious on how such huge societal change was possible, and led me into a bit of a rabbit hole. It seemed like the city had/has some amazing leaders. This was particularly interesting to me: "its homicide rate has decreased by 95% and extreme poverty by 66%, thanks in part to a string of innovative mayors who laid out plans to integrate the poorest and most violent hillside neighborhoods into the city center in the valley below. Medellín is now considered safer than the US cities of Baltimore, St. Louis, Detroit and New Orleans, which appear in the CCSPJP's top 50 list."
South America was never at that top of my travelling list except for Peru, but your videos are really changing that :)
Hey thanks so much for you're comment. To be honest it's so motivating to hear you say that you learned something from our VLOG 😊 We believe traveling is a great way to learn new things about different cultures and people and we try our best to share that so it's very encouraging to read comments like this 😌 We appreciate you and want you to know we'll keep on sharing the best of the cultures we meet and places that we visit!
Hola, thanks for the reccos on the 2 guided tour companies. I'll def do the Comuna 13 and football tours. Escaping Toronto late October, flying to Bogota and returning to Canada in April, probably. 🙂 Maybe we'll cross paths.
Oh that is amazing! We are sure you will love it in Medellin, not to mention the rest of the country! Colombia is spectacular. Have you been before or is this your first trip? Either way it sounds like you have an awesome adventure coming up!
@@nicoleandmico This will be my second time. My first time was, well, let's just say, pre internet. 🤣🤣 Yes, they had airplanes back then. They were made of stone and very uncomfortable. 😉
Haha gotcha! Well we hope you enjoy your trip 😉😊
You guys are my new favorite travel vloggers. One thing I thought could have been added in this vlog is some safety tips for foreigners visiting Medellin for the first time
O that's a great idea! Maybe a future follow up video (or maybe next time we're back in South America!)
Wow!! I had no idea about this beautiful city! Love your videos guys!! New subscriber here😁
Thanks for subbing and yes Medellin was amazing! Looking forward to going back one day 😆
Fun facts.
Medellin is officially the #1 city in quality of life in Colombia, Medellin is the only venue in Latin America for the fourth industrial revolution, it is also the only city in Latin America to win a WORLD CITY PRIZE which is the Nobel prize for world urbanism, in July 2022 "TIMEOUT" declared Medellin as the third best city in the world to visit, in August 2022 the WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS awarded Medellin as EMERGING LEADING DESTINATION OF SOUTH AMERICA 2022, and on September 14, 2022 Colombian migration announced that Medellin already dethroned Cartagena in international tourists.
Great info! I've been a tiny bit worried about Medillin, because of the scoplomine stories you hear. But I'm sure I will love it there.
Wow that is amazing!! we can totally see why. We absolutely loved the city, it is among our top places in all of South America for sure. The vibe that the whole city gives off is just infectious!
OMG I took a tour with the same tour guide! He was cool
That's awesome! We really enjoyed his tour!
Very nice
Thanks so much! We really loved this city 😊
Let’s go! Spoon and fork!
Yes!
Great vlog. Do you speak Spanish? How difficult is it to travel throughout South America if you do not?
We have VERY basic Spanish and we did just fine! We knew some phrases and understood people in typical situations (e.g. restaurants, cafes, etc). Although knowing Spanish is a great asset, we traveled for 7 months with no issues and we even only learned the basics after 4 months of travel. I would say you should know a few phrases and have Google Translate handy (with Spanish downloaded) and you should be good to go :)
What 😱! You guys were here and I didn't know that till just now. I'm Colombian 🇨🇴 American 🇺🇸, born and raised the US 🇺🇸 but both my mom and dad are Colombian. What did you think 🤔 of Medellin? I'm currently in Envigado which is next door to Medellin. I'll be moving to India 🇮🇳 next year. Colombia 🇨🇴 is Cool 😎 but that beautiful, Spiritual land is Incredible India 😍. I was there in 2019 and fell in love 💕 with the country, the people, the veg food and spirituality. Gotta love 😍 India.
Jai Hind 🇮🇳🙏🏻🥰!
Thanks bro for sweet words. I have subscribed to your channel
@@shawnmicheal9638 Hi 👋🏻 Shawn. Thanks 🙏🏻 for that. How are you? Where are you from?
@@TravelingEddie im from india
Quiero conocer mi Colombia es magestuosa eres bendita mi Colombia en él nombre de Jesús 🇨🇴🙏🏾
¡Qué país tan hermoso! ¡Nos encantaría volver a visitarnos!
vengan a México aki ay fiestas todo el año pero septiembre es fecha importante nuestra independencia les aseguro que no se arrepentirán diciembre los esperamos con los brazos abiertos 🙏🤗❤️
¡Gracias! ¡Nos encanta México! ¡Hicimos algunos videos allí a principios de este año y lo disfrutamos mucho!
no vayan en septiembre a mexico si no quieren que los atrape un terremoto en un quinto piso
الترجمه الي العربيه
SHOULD HAVE GONE TO A DIM GAME
Ain’t no way you guys actually liked that Colombian food lol. I have never seen a foreigner that has liked bandeja paisa or arepas for that matter
Not us! Bandeja paisa is still one of my (Mico) fave foods. It's actually very similar to some filipino foods si maybe that's why haha and who doesn't like arepas? They're delicious
Medellin is not underrated at all, exactly the whole opposite. it has always been the top rated city to visit in all of Colombia.
Challenging to be vegan in Medellín? Well, if you dont cook its challenging anywere but if you put some effor there is no cheaper and easyest country to be vegan
We're not vegan but our vegan friends told us it was tough! We agree!
How is it underrated it’s overrated bogota is much cleaner and safer
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In our opinion we prefer Medellin to Bogota 🙃
Cleaner? Safer? Lol nice joke
Como quedaste rolito adolescente lleno de odio. Qué pesar!
Much cleaner 😂😂😂