2008 January, Medellin & Pereira, Colombia

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Medellin
Colombia has some of the most innovative - and prolific - plastic surgeons in the world ...
surgical enhancement is everywhere in the nite clubs ...
boobs, buttocks, lips, rhinoplasty, liposuction, dental reconstruction ...
With costs around 1/3 of Europe and the US, many clinics now offer complete packages with hotels, airfare & a new look

The surrounding countryside is a cross between the Lake District & The Alps ... with tropical plants

especially for the big man ...
I didn't take my camera clubbin ...
Pereira

Beautiful riding on good roads

shortly after grilled by military checkpoint

tense situation diffused by reiterating Liverpool FC's world dominance in football, when of course it's Caldas (local team)

Naked statue of Simon Bolivar
best efforts to prevent damage & theft by hiding the beast