Colombia: Vacation Wonderland
So, imagine my surprise to hear–again and again–expressions of optimism, hope, good feelings, and a general belief that things were going pretty well–in Colombia. In Medellin, no less, not too long ago the murder capital of the world! In expensive restaurants frequented by the well to do, the kind of people whose cars are bulletproofed, who travel with armed drivers–and later– in what was the toughest, poorest barrio in the city, I heard the same thing. That the government seemed to be doing a pretty damn good job, that things were getting better and better, that the future looked bright–and that it was very good thing to be Colombian, and from Medellin in particular.
