Volunteering Project: Medellín is...

Medellin is the capital of theAntioquia department and the second-largest city in Colombia. It is located in Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America.
A lot of people live here here are about 2,441,123 inhabitants.
The town is usually very crowded because it’s a big city.

The landscape of Medellin is diverse. For example Medellin has mountains, hills, rivers and forests. We don’t have one favorite landscape but we like landscapes of Medellin because they have something to give.

Weather.

The city's average annual temperature is 22 °C (72 °F), because Medellín is proximity to the equator. In the year its temperature is constant, with minimal temperature variations. Temperatures range from 15 to 30 °C. So, the weather is cool, not so hot and not so cold. Medellin has a nice weather.

Typical Food.

The food is delicious, you can find very good places to eat in Medellin, good restaurants and coffee shops. The typical food of Medellin is the bandeja paisa, "sancocho" and "arepa".

Sports.

The people of Medellin love soccer, it's the favorite sport of colombian people. We practice basketball, tennis, volleyball, karate, swimming and many others, too.

Clothes.

The clothes are casual, the men use t-shirts or shirts, jeans and sneakers and the women dress very casual, too.

Music.

In Medellín you can find all kind of music. The most representative is the reggaeton, "popular" music, pop, rock, ballad, "salsa", "merengue" and many others.

Tourist sites

Many cultural centers enrich the city. Such as the Pablo Tobón Uribe Theatre (1967), the Modern Art Museum (1978), the explora park and the Metropolitan Theatre (1987).

In 2000 the traditional Museum of Antioquia had a second official opening featuring many works of Fernando Botero.

And others like:
*"Boulevar Artesanal San Antonio": You can find many crafts and beauttiful things.
*"Pueblito Paisa": In the Nutibara Hill. This place has a representation of the "paisa's architecture".
*Outdoor Scalators: (In San Javier) They are the first in the world built for a residential zone.
*"Placita de Flórez": Is the perfect place to find: Traditional food, flowers, fruits, vegetables and other interesting things.

The city has the "Plaza Mayor", which is the epicenter of large events and business. The hotel infrastructure is focused primarily to an executive market, offering all the necessities required for this sector.

One of the most visited sites is the Arví Ecotourism Park, which has an area of about 20,000 hectares.

Air Transportation

Medellín has one domestic airport (Olaya Herrera Airport) (EOH) and one domestic and international airport (Jose Maria Cordova Airport), which is located in the city of Rionegro, 29 km east of the city of Medellín.

Social exclusion has eased due to the development of a transport infrastructure; the Metro, a new system of public buses, is being planned with the so-called "Metroplus", already inaugurated, and a network of chair-lifts in the poorest barrio communities called the "MetroCable".