And about to board the Avianca A320.


"Tribute to...". It was interesting to see each of the seats on the plane dedicated to an individual Avianca employee.


Lemon tea served on the short hop to Medellín.


Catching a taxi to the city after arriving at José María Córdova International Airport.


And my room for the next four nights at Sites Hotel in El Poblado for a very reasonable $68 per night including breakfast.


For dinner I headed to a local pizza joint and enjoyed the very tasty Mediterranea de carnes with neapolitan sauce, mozzarella, ham, pepperoni, black olive, caramelized onion and dried tomato. After a short stroll around El Poblado I headed back to the hotel to catch up on some much needed sleep.