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A view of Medellín and cable cars which take passengers to the Santo Domingo Savio neighborhood and the Parque Arvi in the north of the city.
A view of Medellín and cable cars which take passengers to the Santo Domingo Savio neighborhood and the Parque Arvi in the north of the city.


At 7 p.m. on a Friday, the patio of Basilica, a Peruvian-Asian restaurant on one of the most prized street corners in Medellin, Colombia, is bustling. Young men in polo shirts and blue jeans are passing around a bottle of rum at the bar, and women in miniskirts and stilettos are being seated at t...


The words "zip line canopy tour" brought visions of a childhood dream: gliding over emerald rows of plants in Panama's coffee highlands. I imagined flicking under the dark green leaves of coffee trees, just yards above the rich soil, getting a thrill and a deep appreciation of a new place at the ...


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