Parque Arví

View from the breakfast room on 10th floor

Sunday, 20 May, 2018


Rain! Rain! Rain! last night + lightening and thunder. Today, air is clean and fresh!

Destination: Parque Arví
Parque Arví is a 40,000 acres nature preserve high above the sprawling metropolis of Medellín.

To get there, we walked 20 minutes to the closest metro station (El Poblado) to take Linea A to the Acevedo stop (8 stops north).
Cost: COP $2400/pp (=less than $1USD each). 
There we transferred to the Linea K metro-cable - a teleférico that climbs 3 stops to the Santo Domingo barrio. 



Once at the Santo Domingo station, we purchased our tickets for the Linea L metro-cable up to Parque Arví (COP $5550 = $2/pp). 

The 23 minute ride on the metro-cable Linea L was well worth the price! We climbed up-up-up over the favelas (ghetto) and then over the bosque (forest). 





                


At Parque Arví, we somehow (via "Guess-and-Go") ended up on the Sendero La Flora (Floral Path). 






Drácula Orchid
Para sentir la tierra hay que abrazarla. Se siente abrazar los árboles, sentir la lluvia, escuchar los aves, oler los bosques, tocar la niebla. Se siente que la tierra está vive abrazando este pino, cierre tus ojos y respirar profundo. 
To feel the earth one must embrace it. It is felt in the trees, feeling the rain, listening to the birds, smelling the forest, touching the fog. Feel the earth come alive embracing this pine, close your eyes and breathe deeply. 

Uchuvas (gooseberries), morras (blackberries) and fresas (strawberries) 




Café de Colombia






Comments

  1. Dina EmersonMay 21, 2018 at 8:15 AM

    Holy Guacamole! That was quite a journey! The park looks incredible!!!!!!

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