The woman standing in front of us was beautiful. She had impossibly tight jeans, even more impossibly high heels and a jewelled belt.
She’d probably had surgery on her derrière, but it was the good kind – her ass looked less like two mangos on a shelf and more like the back view of Jennifer Lopez. She had full make-up and long, blow dried hair.
“See?” my friend said, gesturing at the woman.
“That’s how you know you’re boarding a flight to Medellín.”
How ridiculous. Everyone knows beautiful women are not the first sign that you’re boarding a flight to Medellín. The first sign you’re boarding a flight to Medellín – and a constant reminder once you arrive – are the men’s haircuts; a glorious roulette wheel of mullets, rat tails and random fluffy bits.
Sure Antioquia has a lot going for it; a lively ‘eternal spring’ capital, misty coffee farms, trotting ponies, fabulous hats and a reputation for shrewd hospitality.
It’s just really hard to see beyond the hair.
Mullets, rat tails and random fluffy bits
Diego
October 6, 2012
Amazing, I wonder why the do it. Mullets in 2012. Victoria, I have decided that Medellín is going to be the city where I´ll be living in, well, a small pueblo 30kms away called El Retiro, check it out if you can.
bananaskinflipflops
October 6, 2012
Ah, you should have said. I am now back in Bogota but will no doubt be back in Antioquia soon. El Retiro rings a bell with me but can’t think why… now tell me, what is wrong with Cundinamarca eh???
Diego
October 6, 2012
Well, El Retiro just win me over, however, I´m getting a small flat in Bogotá that I will rent out, so I´ll be in Bogotá a lot. What happened with the district project?
bananaskinflipflops
October 6, 2012
Nothing as yet, will keep you posted
(that’s my way of saying I’ve been disorganised)
The Wanderlust Gene
October 7, 2012
Made me laugh!
Diego
October 7, 2012
I was having bfast with my friends this morning, all Spaniards, and I told them about the mullet thing. So we remembered that in Spain you can find also a region where guys and girls wear mullets too: the Basque region. Just a coincidence, however, let us remember that Medellín has a lot of Basque ascendance, hence their features, surnames, etc. Now, that´s spooky. Maybe is genetic, maybe mullets will never go away
bananaskinflipflops
October 7, 2012
Interesting, I have a British friend who studied Hispanic Studies at university and specialised in the Basque region – I’m going to ask her what she thinks about Medellin, maybe it’s grounds for a thesis!
Ceri
October 13, 2012
Hahahaha, eww. :S I’d actually heard the same can be said for Argentina too!
bananaskinflipflops
October 13, 2012
Hahaha, noooo… Argentina is surely all about the man buns and wispy beards
Diego
October 14, 2012
And women long, black hair. I bet you wont find many Argentinean women with short hair
junebug65
November 3, 2012
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