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Guatape is a small very colorful town two hours from Medellin. We opted for a personal driver to get there this time.
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Carlos, our driver was so nice. He didn’t even seem to mind when got lost in our way to our hotel.
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Sheryl: You are our new best friend.
Jeff: Can you come back in three days and drive us back to Medellin?
Carlos: No way.
Sheryl: why do you hate us?
But then again, he said he was “busy” when we asked him to drive us back three days later. So maybe he did mind.
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We stayed at a “boutique” hotel a bit out of town. The setting overlooking the lake was boutique.
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The room was definitely not boutique. After one night sharing a double bed we felt every one of our 55 years.
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During breakfast the hotel owner sensed our poor night’s sleep, or overheard us fighting about if we should mention that we were supposed to have a king bed. She wasn’t able to move us to a room with a bigger bed , but one with more beds. Eight.
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Getting into town required a tuk tuk.
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The town was a dazzling array of brightly colored buildings. But, we were not the only ones visiting. There are a lot of other tourist on day trips from Medellin.
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I could have taken 4,000 more door and wall photos, but we decided to sit down away from the craziness of the touristy town square.
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Sheryl: None, they all caught their tourist bus back to the city.
Jeff: Great and you are done photographing doors? Sheryl: um…yes
Of course when the other tourists left it gave me a clear view of other things to photograph.
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Gudape is a beautiful town with the lake and colorful buildings. But, the main attraction is this giant rock which we planned to climb the next day.
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Jeff: you hate stairs.
Sheryl: I read there are only 650.
GuaTape 😊
Looks like your having a blast.
Oh my God thank you. Always good to get the name of the town correct. Next thing you know I’ll be spelling it Columbia and Medegin. And yes we had a fantastic time!!!