Today we went to Parque Arví, mostly because I wanted to check out Medellín’s metrocables. Yes, this city has gondolas as part of its metro system, which I think is so cool.
To get to the park you have to take two sets of metrocables. The first is actually part of the metro, and takes you up a hill, with three stations.
The second is technically part of the same system but costs more, because it goes way out to this park, which is in the middle of a forest.
The park itself was okay. It’s definitely nice to get away from the city, and their air is cooler and cleaner there, but there isn’t much to do if you aren’t interested in guided hikes.
We ended up hiking along he road to a picnic area along a stream. It was the only thing we could do without a guide.
The kids ended up playing on a small rock out in the stream for about an hour, which was fine by me.
Walking on the road (there was no shoulder) kind of sucked so we caught a colectivo back, then it was another breath taking trip on the metrocables. The view of Medellín from these things is breathtaking.
After the park we ran a couple errands then went home to shower and eat before heading out.
I hoped to take the kids to a play place before the airport but when we got there a security guard said it had closed. I couldn’t think of anything else to do with them at 7pm so we just went to the airport. And that is where we are now.
The nice thing is there is free WiFi here, and it’s legit. My pictures are uploading so fast! This internet it better than anything we had at any of the AirBnBs. Woot!
It’s nice to be excited about something because it’s only 9:15pm and our first flight doesn’t take off until 1:20am so we have quite a night ahead of us.
I really loved Colombia and am sad to leave, but I’m also so excited to go home.
Whohoo!! Sounds like an incredible trip overall. You should come visit me next and check out the free gondola system in Telluride. 🙂
Perfect last day!
You have had an amazing adventure!!!!