![This was on the way to Medellín, the bus stopped here for folks to get food. The walls are covered with portraits of famous scientists!](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070362.jpg)
This was on the way to Medellín, the bus stopped here for folks to get food. The walls are covered with portraits of famous scientists!
![Close up of some of the portraits in this random cafeteria.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070363.jpg)
Close up of some of the portraits in this random cafeteria.
![This is the first building Pablo Escobar bought in Medellín. It's going to be turned into offices for the police department soon.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070365.jpg)
This is the first building Pablo Escobar bought in Medellín. It's going to be turned into offices for the police department soon.
![The graves of Pablo Escobar and close family.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070370.jpg)
The graves of Pablo Escobar and close family.
![The complex at the top of the photo is the "prison" that Pablo Escobar had built for himself as part of a deal with the government. He continued to run his drug empire from here until Colombia, international pressure, passed a constitutional amendment that would allow is his extradition.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070376.jpg)
The complex at the top of the photo is the "prison" that Pablo Escobar had built for himself as part of a deal with the government. He continued to run his drug empire from here until Colombia, international pressure, passed a constitutional amendment that would allow is his extradition.
![The car Pablo Escobar used to bring Cocaine into Colombia when he was first starting out.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070378.jpg)
The car Pablo Escobar used to bring Cocaine into Colombia when he was first starting out.
![This is a bullet hole in the window of a house that belonged to Pablo Escobar's mother. Years after Pablo's death, a group of armed men came to house try to find buried money they believed is still there. The police showed up and they were killed in a shootout.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070379.jpg)
This is a bullet hole in the window of a house that belonged to Pablo Escobar's mother. Years after Pablo's death, a group of armed men came to house try to find buried money they believed is still there. The police showed up and they were killed in a shootout.
![One of the metrocable stations.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070390.jpg)
One of the metrocable stations.
![The building at the top of the picture and it's grounds are a "library park," sort of like a community center and library in one.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070394.jpg)
The building at the top of the picture and it's grounds are a "library park," sort of like a community center and library in one.
![Apparently this is some sort of community center for meetings.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070412.jpg)
Apparently this is some sort of community center for meetings.
![Looking down at the escalators we just came up.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070441.jpg)
Looking down at the escalators we just came up.
![This is in the Medelliín botanical gardens.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070470.jpg)
This is in the Medelliín botanical gardens.
![The water museum. I didn't go in, but I thought it was an interesting concept for a museum.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070481.jpg)
The water museum. I didn't go in, but I thought it was an interesting concept for a museum.
![Kids playing in the fountains in front of the planetarium.](https://s3.amazonaws.com/robin-photos/medellin/mobile_sm/P1070482.jpg)
Kids playing in the fountains in front of the planetarium.