Medellin: A City that Thinks

mranderson says on Feb 12, 2008, 14:55:

I have no idea. Never seen it before.

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robi666 says on Feb 12, 2008, 15:04:

Fake my ass... the girl is Tejas girlfriend, shoes costed him 280,000 COP.

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

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mranderson says on Feb 12, 2008, 15:32:

Nice observation medo

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robi666 says on Feb 12, 2008, 15:44:

Wrong again Medo... she is reading "Amando a Pablo" by Virginia Vallejo in a rare copy with an original Pablo's autograph by Medellin Traveler himself.

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

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mranderson says on Feb 12, 2008, 16:46:

How about a hint? What area of the city?

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MaFe says on Feb 12, 2008, 16:57:

Medo...she doesn't have a big ass...and what is wrong with having a big ass?

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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NotoriousGIB1K says on Feb 12, 2008, 17:25:

ROFL Medo, your powers of observation serve you well.

Work to live. Don't live to work.

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 17:38:

that dude in the sculpture has got the biggest right foot i have ever seen. it's like it just grew from his spleen. nope, not a poet.

Medo - how the he$% can you tell those are fake shoes i bought my lil lady? she likee anything and everything i give er...... kidding

Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, next to Laureles.

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 17:49:

valley - yes, laureles is in the valley
hot area - well, it was today
when was sculpture created - good question, never saw a plack

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msaucey says on Feb 12, 2008, 18:10:

Cali... Didn't you see her butt.... LOL....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 18:15:

she looks paisa to me, but the sea horse around her neck is the give.

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:27:

robi666 says, "Wrong again Medo... she is reading "Amando a Pablo" by Virginia Vallejo in a rare copy with an original Pablo's autograph by Medellin Traveler himself."

Wrong, I do not read trash!

But, my book was signed by don Pablo himself.







"One interesting book highlighted in the story is one that Escobar self-published while in ‘prison.’ (If only I had known before I could have included it in my self-publishing post.) Pablo Escobar Gaviria en Caricaturas, 1983-1991 is a leather bound book of hundreds of cartoons and photographs of Escobar that had been published in various newspapers since 1983. 500 copies were printed and given to friends and family. A small pile of these books was found by his bed after he escaped from ‘La Catedral.’ One is up for sale for around $60,000 US dollars but the family of Escobar is contesting the sale on the grounds that it is stolen property."

http://5b4.blogspot.com/2007/10/memory-of-pablo-escobar-by-james.html

"Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com

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PALEOLITICO says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:36:

Medoblado felicitaciones!! muy suspicaz. Si algún dia se queda sin trabajo, puede tener una buena oportunidad como detective.

"Si tuvieras la fe del tamaño de una semilla de mostaza y le dijeras a esa montaña - Muévete - la montaña se movería"

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:41:

no flirting in my thread....

mt - is that your book?

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:43:

si senior, en venta

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PALEOLITICO says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:45:

Medo, creo que esa chica es colombiana. Si no estoy mal, creo que ese estilo de mueble es muy propio de Colombia y sobretodo el banco en madera que está hacia abajo. Es muy tipico de Colombia. También el tipo de ropa que ella usa es propia de las mujeres colombianas. Estoy equivocada?.

"Si tuvieras la fe del tamaño de una semilla de mostaza y le dijeras a esa montaña - Muévete - la montaña se movería"

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:50:

Well, not really mine, but on consignment.

As soon as the dueling Pablo Escobar movies come out in US theatres, it goes up for sale on Ebay.

This is not stolen property, as it was given to my amigo as a gift.

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 19:53:

nice thinkin, mt. touche!

- how did you come about the book? haphazard or did you have to dig?

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PALEOLITICO says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:01:

M.T. Hola!! cómo se llama ese libro?? de dónde lo sacaste?

"Si tuvieras la fe del tamaño de una semilla de mostaza y le dijeras a esa montaña - Muévete - la montaña se movería"

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:07:

Medo,
Why don't you relax already, hounding me on my posts,

Also, you are pretty brave on the internet, I'll give you that.


tejasmarcos says, "nice thinkin, mt. touche!

- how did you come about the book? haphazard or did you have to dig?"

I jumped in the front seat of a taxi in Medellin and started chatting with the driver, told him I was American, and one thing led to another, next thing you know, the book falls into my lap.

The owner refered to the book as his lottery ticket for retirement.

Afterwards, we worked out an agreetment. I told him if all works out, he'll make out like a bandit. I don't know why, but that guy trusted me, or had no one else to turn to until I jumped in his cab that day.

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:14:

you are gonna help him sell it? or you bought it from him? either way, great story.

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:18:

have you had it authorized? proven authentic?

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:37:

I'm selling it for him, with a very small commision. He is very happy.

I wouldn't know where to begin authorizing something liike that, but it sure as heck looks authentic, plus his stories are worth the price of the ticket.

He's had this book stashed forever.

Funny story, I had him drop me off at the airport for my departure. He called me the night before and asked if it was okay if he picked up another passanger, said it would split the cost of the fare. Okay, I thought. Then I got freakin' nervous!

He picks me up at my hotel. I'm checking everything out. He tosses my luggage in the trunkc off we go to pick up the other guy. We pull up at an apartment building, a young man in a business suit walks up and jumps in the back seat. We take off.

On the way to the airport, the guy in the back seat and I start talking, he asks me where I'm from, tell him Chicago. He smiles, says, "I love Lake Shore Drive." I look at him and asked him if he's ever been in Chicago, It turns out he studied at DePaul University and lived by the lake for five years. He went on about all the great restaurants and commented that Lake Shore Drive is one of the most beautiful drives in the world, he traveled everywhere.

We get to the airport. And everything is good.

The taxista and the young business man are very good friends. I boarded my plane to Chicago, the other guy to Bogota. I've still keep in touch with him.

I was freakin' out there for a minute.

We'll have to wait to see how this story turns out... sale or no sale. I

'm rooting for Joe Carnahan's "Killing Pablo" movie over Oliver Stone's produced version.

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MaFe says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:37:

Again...what is wrong with asses? Geez!! (Medo & MSaucey?!)

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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Medellin Traveler says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:42:

PALEOLITICO says, "M.T. Hola!! cómo se llama ese libro?? de dónde lo sacaste?"

Hola, se llama "Pablo Escobar Gaviria en Caricaturas" y por suerte me lo encuentre por un taxista en Medellin, esta en venta en EEUU.

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chrispej says on Feb 12, 2008, 20:46:

That's in my backyard! In South Jersey.......

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tomtom33 says on Feb 13, 2008, 04:41:

From the background, it could be UPB. But I don't recall having seen that statue before. I do have better things to look at when on campus.

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robi666 says on Feb 13, 2008, 06:25:

Well... it reminds to me about Rodin...

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 13, 2008, 07:04:

nices foticos. donde esta Rodin? en Europa?

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RAAAY says on Feb 13, 2008, 07:21:

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What about this statue..........Not a great picture.......she's holding a dove in her hands


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.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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robi666 says on Feb 13, 2008, 07:51:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin

Being "The thinker" his most famous sculpture.

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webmanco says on Feb 13, 2008, 07:54:

The second woman is holding not a dove but the head of a spanish colonizer.

La Gaitana, Timana Huíla

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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webmanco says on Feb 13, 2008, 07:58:

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...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 13, 2008, 08:22:

ha! cool fotos......

thanks for sharing

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Robert Jorge says on Feb 13, 2008, 14:36:

Medoblado - Villavicencio is my guess for the girl in the picture. Perhaps Bucaramanga.

Webmanco - "La Gaitana" is a scary statue. That baby looks like a miniature "Mo Howard" from the 3 stooges. What a nightmare!

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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tejasmarcos says on Feb 13, 2008, 14:42:

"That baby looks like a miniature "Mo Howard" from the 3 stooges. What a nightmare!"

LOL - i never noticed that until you said something. too funny.

RAAY - are those breasts in your foto natural? they have a nice shape.

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RAAAY says on Feb 13, 2008, 17:47:

Tejas..........................and I thought you would'nt notice.....

.........Its useless to argue with ignorance

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