Medellin y Cartagena

Medellin is a city of about 3 million people in the heart of Colombia, and it's probably my favorite so far. We left the hot springs to drive about six hours here along more mountain roads. Honestly, I'm surprised no one threw up. Our bus drivers take the curves pretty fast.
We arrived and immediately plans were in the works for going out - we took a short taxi ride to a salsa bar and everyone started dancing. Our group split off and we went to a smaller place with loud music and more dancing. We piled into a cab at about 2:30 to go back to the hotel.
Unfortunately, the weather started to turn bad for our outdoor concert. Our soundcheck was delayed and then canceled and then there was talk of the whole concert being canceled because of rain. We went on anyway, although I question whether it was a good idea. The audience wasn't covered, but we were. They huddled under umbrellas and under the eaves of a building across from us. I think the orchestra's playing is suffering because of lack of sleep, among other things.
Yesterday we had to get up at 5 to go the airport for a flight to Cartagena, which is a huge city on the very top of the continent. The orchestra took up the whole tiny plane -- apparently we took too long to get on the plane, so we missed our take-off time. We were supposed to make a connection in Bogota, but we couldn't leave for Bogota now because there was some kind of big air show going on there. What kind of capital city closes down the entire major airport for an air show? So we got off the plane. Hung out for a while in the airport. Our tour managers did some negotiating and they were able to get us back on the plane for a flight straight to Cartagena, so we actually got there early.
Last night I didn't do anything but catch up on sleep. Today is the big concert with Joshua Bell on the eve of Colombia's 200th anniversary of independence from Spain. We are playing the national anthem at midnight in the old stone section of the city. Should be amazing!