Colombia 2025

So earlier this year I went to Colombia with my friends, and it instantly became one of my favorite trips. It wasn’t just the places—though Medellín, Cartagena, and the Rosario Islands have their own magic—it was the fact that our whole crew actually made it, together, to another country. We all met in CDMX after a bus ride from San Luis (where we all lived back then, before I moved to Houston, but that’s another story). Everyone had different flight times because we all bought tickets separately, so half the group was posting premier lounge beers while I was stuck with a nine-hour gap and a past-midnight departure. I grabbed a capsule hostel bed inside the airport, tried to pretend the fluorescent lights were cozy, and finally boarded. By the next day we were landing in Medellín— ready to go.

Medellín had a very unique urban and sophisticated vibe I can't explain. At night we hit a few clubs, including Perro Negro, where we ended up right behind the DJ listening to authentic reggaetón mixes. During the day we rode the hills, checked out the street art, and got a feel for the rhythm of the city; visited Comuna 13 (often mislabeled “favelas”—that term actually belongs to Brazil), Also rocked the football national team jersey and learned bits of Colombian urban culture. The accent, the art, the energy—everything felt alive.

Two nights disappeared fast, like the kind of nights where your phone dies because you forgot to care.

Cartagena flipped the mood in the best way. Stone walls, pastel streets, colorful buildings, tropical weather. We rented a beautiful colonial Airbnb a few steps from Plaza de la Trinidad, so we walked everywhere—coffee, photos, new streets every hour. One night we hit Marzola, an Argentine steakhouse that turned into an unplanned pregame for La Movida. The city felt close and cinematic: music slipping out of doorways, people walking at night in the plazas, the ocean just out of frame.

The next day we rented a yacht and took off for Islas del Rosario. That water doesn’t even look real—deep blue dropping into clear turquoise, reefs drawing patterns right under the surface. Two white wakes crossed the lagoon and I sent the drone up to catch it. We swam, ate way tons of fresh seafood, and chill. From above, the islands look magestic.

We left feeling great... we met tons of cool people, ate great food, visited new places and just looking back, It's just one of those trips you'd do again anytime...