Medellin: A Growing City

I'm back. It's been two weeks, and I know you all missed me. Riiight?! Hmmm... 

Well, it was a good experience. I got to see a lot of people my mom grew up with and who saw me when I was three, fifteen, and twenty four years old (only other times I've been to Medellin). I connected with their kids who are my age and I met when we were kids. 

Here in Medelllin situated in a valley the sprawl of the city reaches up the mountains. The mountain views are spectacular and at night... it is like the stars have come down from heaven.

But the traffic... I hate to say it but the smog in city hovers right above it on a cloudy day. The mountains gain a haze that makes them look far away. On clear days, the mountains are crisp and sharp. The views are spectacular, but even on those days you can still see a little smog. 

The city of Medellin is trying to do something about the pollution. They've built two water management facilities in their effort to clean up the Medellin River that runs right through the  city and along the main highway (north to south) artery of the city. In addition, they have invested in public transportation with Transit cars, Metro trains and Metro Cable cars.

I think that there is so much potential to this city. The investment in infrastructure will be paying off not just in transportation, but also in their water and recycling programs. The water is drinkable from the tap. Yes. You heard that right, the water is not drinkable anywhere else in Colombia as far as I know. 

Well, I'll leave you all for now enjoying some more pictures. There are views of a metro station, and views from the metro cable as you up and down the mountain. You can see there are still poor shacks where people live, but many are decorating their roofs for those who look down from the metro cable.