Our first two weeks in Colombia: buying motorbikes in Medellin 🇨🇴
We flew from Panama City to Medellin, the second largest city in Colombia, and famous for once being the most dangerous city in the world. We booked to stay for a week at Masaya hostel in the El Poblado district of the city, and enjoyed having a balcony with views across the city. We liked El Poblado, though touristy it also felt safe, and there are lots of good bars and restaurants. After staying in Poblado, we moved to another hostel in a different part of Medellin - Laureles. Laureles is a more local district, and we hardly saw any other tourists. We liked the vibe there - it was more relaxed and laid back, and we found an amazing cafe just a few minutes walk from our hostel. The hostel had an underground carpark for the bikes which was ideal as Ash had a few bits of tinkering he wanted to do! Buying the motorbikes: Aside from sight seeing and exploring Medellin, our main task was to get started with buying two motorbikes to ride around Colombia on. We started the day after we ...