By: Michael
In reply to <a href="https://www.justapack.com/top-six-things-to-do-in-guatape-colombia/#comment-34566">Roxi</a>.
Roxi,
We appreciate your concerns, but we can't say we are thrilled with how you decided to address them.
Anyway, we deliberated for some time about adding the paint gun trip and tour of the Escobar mansion to the article. We thought it might be in bad taste given what Escobar represents to Medellin, and to the amazing country of Colombia as a whole. Before adding the trip to our list we asked multiple people, including the organizers, who this trip was befitting financially, and whether or not it was appropriate at all. The replies we received convinced us that this is all harmless.
We will investigate your claims that the tour we recommend benefit the Escobar family, and if we find them to be true we will remove them form the article.
Thank you for taking the time to contact us, but please be a bit more respectful in the future. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, as they say.
By: Roxi
So sad and thoughtless that you would use this platform to promote activities involving Pablo Escobar. For anyone that actually interacts with the locals and talks to the Colombians who had to live through his destruction, you would know that this is extremely painful for them to see. Also important to note that these tours were created mainly by his family and former associates, so none of the money is going to the local community, his family is reaping all the benefits. Killing 38,000 people is not glamorous. Dropping over 200 bombs on Medellin in less than ten years is not okay. Supporting corrupt tours like this let's his glamorized legacy live on and overshadows the truth of Colombian history. Escobar is the reason Colombians are consistently stigmatized as cocaine producers and violent people. This blog is obviously not for real travelers who care about culture, it is for ignorant tourists.
By: isabella
Oh wow I didn't know you can actually enter in Pablo escobar mansion! I saw ir from the boat! Amazing place :)
By: Michael
In reply to <a href="https://www.justapack.com/top-six-things-to-do-in-guatape-colombia/#comment-34563">John Pazera</a>.
Thank you guys so much! I see you are form Boquete, we really regret not stopping by there when we were in Panama. Guess we have to come back!
By: John Pazera
Very nice blog you have. Well done!
Cheers,
John and Susan
Boquete, Panama
By: Michael
In reply to <a href="https://www.justapack.com/top-six-things-to-do-in-guatape-colombia/#comment-34561">Megha</a>.
Do it! Colombia is awesome! Take a look at our articles about Salento as well.
By: Megha
Wow it looks gorgeous here! Definitely want to visit. I've been thinking about Colombia for a while and this looks great!
By: Stephen Duggan
In reply to <a href="https://www.justapack.com/top-six-things-to-do-in-guatape-colombia/#comment-34559">Viktor</a>.
Are there nice long term rental accoms available in Guatape?
By: Viktor
Bought a house on the lake a year ago, 2 min off the main road... added some wifi, and a dock to the property... have bananas, oranges, pineapple, avocados ALL on the property.... temps swing from 58 at night to 80 during they day... ALL year... Absolutely recommend this area to retire or have a get away home.. Food is super cheap, taxes aren't high.. and a tier one hospital 30 min away, by the airport... fishing EVERY day, make my own oj in the mornings, and coffee(what a better place to have coffee from eh?)... all for 500k US for a, sleeps 15, with pool and jacuzzi, house, property tax 200.00 US per year..... AND not much in the biting bugs either! (unless you are near cattle or horses, they are "feeding grounds" for the indigenous biting bug community, and you get mixed in with the rest of dinner, if you are around em. haha.
By: Arthur
Guatape is the best
I lived there for 6 months in 2014 and will be moving back this October 15 Permanent If ever there was a time to make the move to Colombia its now!
Shhh Please don't tell anyone