Parque Berro

This place was a blast. So many things going on. A lot of men aged 60+ hanging out - all wearing checked shirts; vendors of just about everything; musicians; pigeons. The noise was deafening.

We popped into the beautiful basilica and then did a lap of its outer walls. They were lined with knock-off DVDs - religious films one side, porn and everything else the other.

On the other part of the plaza was a busy market. We followed the crowds. Men sat in bars drinking beer. Vendors peddled fruit we'd never heard of. Ugly 1960s tower-blocks loomed. Outside the casino (across from the church full of people singing praise to a fiesta beat), prostitutes waited for business. Central Medellin is a crazy place. We loved it.