Hooray finally made it to Medellin, everyone's favourite city! I have booked an Air BnB for 4 weeks. And I have a private room with a double bed and I share the house with 6 others. Huge house so no one is on anyone's toes and nobody cooks here, just me. I share a house with three Americans, 2 French and 1 Dutch. Everyone is really nice and I love talking to the French girls as they don't understand a word of what I say. But they speak good English. I think she dislikes the British accent because we use so many slang words. And so I use them more now, just to confuse them. The main reason why I checked into a Air BnB for this amount of time, is because I am very tired of traveling and after being ill so many times throughout central America, I really want to get healthy again and put on some weight. So my days here are taken up with gym, cooking, planning South America, looking for jobs and most importantly, learning Spanish. I would cook mainly vegetables, chicken and rice, plus I would have four meals a day. I did need all this food as I was going to the gym 5 days a week. I wasn't drinking much either, only when I needed to.

Saying goodbye to Kyle wasn't too bad but once he had left, I think reality hit. I am here, completely on my own. I felt a bit nervous for a bit but I was fine. Then I realised I wasn't completely on my own as I was in a house with 6 other people and my Swiss friends who I met in Mexico were coming to Medellin.

I went on a free walking tour with the Swiss guys once they arrived. The walking tour was like a school trip, very informing about Medellin and why they call themselves Paisas. Also learnt about the history of the city as to why the city is so rich. Not because of the drug cartels but because of the rich lands as they can grow anything like the best coffee in the world, plus the best cocoa leaves for the cocaine. There were dangerous streets where vendors were selling porn on the street. The front covers of the dvds were just as graphic as the films I reckon. And so I bought 10 dvds as they were so cheap....im joking, they are probably blank dvds!

I met up with Fabrizio again to do Comuna 13 tour. This tour was walking around the most dangerous place in Medellin, well it used to be. It was where Pablo Escobar gave out his cash to the poor locals. Now its full of life with some great grafitti. They have installed escolators to open up the neighborhood and for the Government to prove they do care about them and are willing to spend money on them. It was really interesting to see them welcome us in and took advantage of the tourism by performing for us and selling ice creams. The tour guide actually lived in Comuna 13 and she talked about the times when she was younger that she would hear gun shots and all her family would worry that the children were playing outside.

Most expensive tour but most exciting was the Pablo Escobar Tour. For those that have no idea who he is, please google him, theres too much to explain. But he was the biggest drug cartel and was earning $30 million a week. And killed hundreds of Police officers and had over 600 homes. He was named the 7th richest man in the world at the time. It was an early start and late finish as we did so much in one day. We started off heading towards a town Guatape where one of Pablo Escobars home was. We transferred to these Jeeps to climb the bad terrain to get to Escobars home. We sat on the roof which was really fun but my arse was killing, sitting on thin bars. Fabrizio was wearing his cap and it flew off when the Jeep picked up some speed. Luckily the car behind picked it up and gave it him back. Once we arrived, we had a tour of his mansion which had been bombed when the Police raided his home. Then we played a few games of paintballing in his home. So much fun but everyone were such girls as nobody wanted to get hit, including me. Afterwards we had lunch in Escobars bar and met one of his security guards. The guide said, 'don't ask a silly question like, have you killed anyone'...of course he has, he worked for Escobar.

Then we went to the second largest rock in South America and climbed 800 steps to the top. Me and Fabrizio didn't stop, we were determined not to give up. And what a view at the top! In the afternoon, we headed towards Guatape town which is known for its colourful houses. We didn't stay there long but didn't need to really. We had our coffee, took a few photos and listened to the tour guide stories. His stories were shocking a he was talking about when he lived in Comuna 13 and he was scared for his life because some drug cartel were in a car shooting everything. And he hid behind a car and also ran into someone's home for cover. He then stripped all his clothes off to check if he had been shot. Luckily not, but that was just one the stories he told us about the times when he was younger.

I had a mare with ordering from Asos (Online Clothing). My order for the clothes only came to £30 but i needed to pay £20 for express delivery for it to be here on time before I leave Medellin. When the parcel was delivered. DHL charged me equivalent to £16 for customs fee which I had no idea I had to pay. So I ended up paying more for the delivery that the actual clothes. But they were clothes and sunglasses i couldn't get here. On top of all that I have no way of withdrawing money yet as my credit cards are still in transit to be delivered for the second time. And Kyle made one last withdrawal for me, but that money has now all gone. Postal service in Colombia is diabolical. Never known anything like it. To cut a very long short short, my parents sent out a parcel with my bank cards in to withdraw money. They sent it by International tracked and signed which means f*** all to the Colombian Post Office. I never did receive the parcel on time and they had 2 weeks to deliver it. Word of advice to anyone sending a parcel to somewhere around the world, never use the local services and stick with UPS or DHL.

Saying goodbye to Fabrizio and Nic was sad but hopefully see them again either in London or Switzerland.

I spent some time with the two French girls in my house. I have learnt a few bad French words and they have learnt all the bad slang from the UK. I went on hikes with them, to a language exchange, film festival and dinners. Even though I cooked most of the time, they still managed to make it back home in time to try my food. One night I went out with the house to watch Colombia qualify for the world cup. Well you would think they had won the way they were cheering. The morning of leaving for the airport, one of the French girls left me a goodbye note and a pack of Airways chewis, what a babe. Cannot get any decent chewis out here.

Overall Medellin is such a great city to live in. There's a fair bit to do, some great bars and resturants. It has a metro, tram and cable car system. The tempreture is perfect and the people are really nice even if they all stare.