Medellin, Colombia  

Back to the French cafe this morning for breakfast.  Lesley has decided to be healthy with a fruit and cereal trifle whereas I’m feeling much better and have a massive egg and bacon muffin. We take the Metro out to the Botanical Gardens which are free and really good. We spend a couple of hours walking round the garden, looking at the exotic trees and plants. We also managed to spot to iguanas in the trees, find it amazing that reptiles this big are happy so high up.

Next stop is the Botero Plaza. The statues are just as impressive the second time round and Leslie really is absorbed photographing the area. We enjoy a leisurely coffee whilst people watching on the Plaza there’s loads going on, from hat sellers to people selling fruit or large bottomed ants to eat.

The Museum of Antioquia is an art museum in that houses a large collection of works by Medellin’s favourite son, Fernando Botero and also Pedro Nel Gómez. There is the usual mix of interesting and strange in the museum, I like a 3D piece (love chamber) by Luis Caballero Holguín. The Botero works are the highlight and dominate a whole floor. There is also a temporary exhibition of his work on a religious angle, which seems odd as it almost pokes fun at Christ. We enjoy it in the most and are tired out by the end, so we metro our way back to El Poblado to our hammocks. Lesley is starting to get into the swing of it…