Ngalolo suku lwantambama ngoZibandlela wonyaka odlule, ukuhambahamba kwehla eMedellin, enkabeni yeColombia kunikeze umbono wokuthi leli dolobha elake labizwa ngokuthi “inhloko-dolobha yomhlaba wonke yokubulala” likwazile kanjani ukuzisusa emanxiweni alo elalikade likhungathekile ukuze libe yizicucu. idolobha elichumayo eliyikho namuhla. Bekuphithizela izitolo, inxanxathela yezitolo ephambi kwePlaza Botero (Sculpture Plaza), yona ngokwayo eheha izivakashi ngendawo yayo evulekile engu-80,729-square-square-foot enezithombe eziqoshiwe ezingu-23 ezinikelwe ngumdwebi wodumo emhlabeni uFernando Botero.
Imigwaqo yayigcwele abantu abadlula ngendlela, izibukeli, abathengisi abahambahambayo abanohlu olusukela ekhofini elisheshayo kuye kumango. Umbhangqwana onemiyalezo emibili ehluke kakhulu, nokho, wagqama kwabanye ngaleyontambama-umshumayeli oculayo ontshumayelo yakhe yayibonakala ingadonsi ukunaka kwamuntu kanye nenye indoda inkulumo yayo ethi “ukwenza kanjani uthando ngendlela efanele” yadonsa isixuku esikhulu kakhulu.
Lesi sixuku esibuka lesi sixuku ibhilidi elide elimhlophe elinegama elithi “Hollywood,” elibonisa ukufana okuphawulekayo nophawu lwangempela lwaseHollywood, nakuba zihluka ngobukhulu nangombala. Uphawu lwangempela lwaseHollywood (eCalifornia, e-U.S.A.) lukhulu kakhulu futhi lumhlophe, kuyilapho “iHollywood” ye-Medellin incane futhi iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Ngokombono wezibukeli, imigwaqo yaseMedellin iyahlekisa ukuyibuka. Isixuku siyingxube eyingqayizivele yama-fashionistas adlala izitayela zakamuva nalabo abangase bakhathalele kancane noma abangase babe mpofu kakhulu ukuba babe nezindlela zokunakekela imfashini, nakuba idolobha ngokuvamile liphila kahle. Ngenxa yokuxhumana kwemboni yendwangu, leli dolobha belilokhu lilandela iBogota, inhloko-dolobha yaseColombia, ngokwezezimali.
Inqubo yokuthula phakathi kwezikhulu zezempi kanye neMeya yaseMedellin uSergio Fajardo, ohlonishwayo eColombia njengophawu oluqinile lokuthula, yenze kwaba nokwenzeka ukuba umuntu athathe okungase kube yintambama evilaphayo ezulazula enkabeni yeMedellin ukuze akwazi. Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, abantu babethunjwe ezindlini zabo ngenxa yokuchitheka kwegazi okwaqubuka ngemva kokushona kwendodana kaMedellin edume kakhulu—uPablo Escobar.
Ekhuluma nezakhamizi, uhulumeni ubukeka ebeke umthetho we-gag ongekho emthethweni kuPablo Escobar. Kubahlali base-Medellin, igama elithi Pablo Escobar alivumelekile futhi akufanele likhulunywe ngaphandle kwalapho kukhulunywa ngezokuvakasha. Okuthile okunzima ukukwenza kwabanye abahlali baseMedellin ngoba iningi labantu abampofu baseMedellin babheka umqaphi wezidakamizwa ongasekho njengohlobo lwenguqulo yabo ye-"Robin Hood." Kwabanye babo, u-Escobar wayengu (noma) iqhawe.
Okuxakayo ukuthi uhulumeni waseColombia, kulokho okubonakala kuyindida, usiza ngezimali iphrojekthi yezokuvakasha eyizigidi eziyi-US $ 100 egxile empilweni ka-Escobar. I-Hacienda Napoles yakhe yodumo iguqulwa ibe yindawo yokulala yohlobo lwe-resort kanye nepaki yokuzijabulisa eduze kusetshenziswa umbono ka-Escobar wepaki lohlobo lwe-dinosaur elibizwa ngokuthi "iJurassic Park" ivaliwe ukuthi iqedwe. Ngaphambi kokuthi umuntu afike e-Jurassic Park, abahambi (kanye namaColombian, ngokuvamile) bazobhekana nokufudumala kukahulumeni okungeyona okucashile ku-Escobar–ijele. Lelo jele lakhiwa njengengxenye yephrojekthi yangasese yomphakathi eyizigidi eziyi-100 futhi libheke iHacienda Napoles.
Uyakuqaphela noma cha, okwedlule kukaMedellin kuxhumene kakhulu nempilo ka-Escobar kangangokuthi ithonya lakhe lingase lihlale ligxilile emlandweni waseColombia. Ngokombono wengqondo, umthelela ka-Escobar uyaphila kakhulu, ngisho nemizamo kahulumeni yokuwufihla ngandlela thize emlandweni waseColombia. U-Oscar Orosco, umuntu obalulekile kuphrojekthi yezokuvakasha eyizigidi eziyi-100 zamaRandi, usenamaphupho amabi ka-Escobar eza ngemva kwakhe. U-Orosco, uyise osanda kushona, uthe uke acele uyise ongasekho ukuthi amxolise ngokungenela lolu hlelo lwezokuvakasha.
Ukuthi uhulumeni wase-Colombian uyakuthanda noma cha, i-Escobar ingenye yezindawo eziheha kakhulu ezokuvakasha e-Colombia. Iphrojekthi yezokuvakasha eshiwo ngenhla yama-US$100 million iwubufakazi obanele bokuthi uhulumeni waseColombia, naye uyawubona lo mthelela. Le phrojekthi itholakala endaweni engamakhilomitha ayi-100 empumalanga yeMedellin (ePuerto Triunfo, e-Antioquia, okuyilapho u-Escobar ehlala khona). Izindawo zokudlela ezikule ndawo zitshela izivakashi ngokuziqhenya ukuthi, “UPablo udlele lapha.”
E-Medellin, kunezinto eziningi okufanele izivakashi zizenze; ukusuka kwezokungcebeleka ebusuku ukuya emisebenzini yokuzijabulisa emini (idolobha linezindawo zegalofu ezintathu ezisezingeni lomhlaba). Manje leli dolobha liwukuphela kwezindawo zokuthutha zomphakathi emhlabeni ezixhumanisa umzila wesitimela nesistimu yemoto yamakhebula. Obizwa ngokuthi iMetro, usebenza imigqa emibili—uLayini A onqamula eSigodini sase-Aburra usuka eNyakatho uye eNingizimu kanye no-Line B, oxhuma no-Line A esiteshini esisenkabeni yedolobha i-San Antonio, usebenzela izindawo ezingomakhelwane ezisentshonalanga ye-Medellin. I-Cable Metro, ngakolunye uhlangothi, idlula i-viaduct engamamitha angu-49 ukuphakama lapho ingena endaweni ephithizelayo yaphezulu nedolobha laseMedellin, inikeza ukubukwa okuhle kwedolobha.
Ukugibela isitimela nokudlulisela emotweni yekhebula kuyisipiliyoni ngokwakho. Okokuqala, izakhamizi zaseMedellin ziyaziqhenya ngokuba nayo futhi iyakhombisa. Izitimela yizona ezihlanzekile ukwedlula zonke izitimela ezike zagibela le ntatheli. Ngokuphathelene nesimiso sezimoto zamakhebula, “Kuyinto engcono kakhulu [uhulumeni] abayenzile eMedellin,” kusho elinye ikhehla. Kwabaningi, imoto yekhebula isiphenduke indlela yokuthutha ethandwayo. “Kushibhile kunokugibela ibhasi,” kwajabula owesifazane, owayehamba nezingane zakhe ezintathu ngalelo langa ntambama lapho ngimvakashele.
KuMedellin, impilo iyaqhubeka. "Namuhla iMedellin iyinhloko-dolobha lapho inhlonipho nokuphila emphakathini kubalulekile embonweni omusha womhlaba, ofakazi bezinkulungwane zezivakashi ezivela kwezinye izifunda nakwamanye amazwe," kusho iMeya uFajardo encwadini yokwamukela izivakashi. I-Medellin manje isingatha izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezicishe zibe yi-100,000 ngonyaka, nakuba iningi labo kuyibhizinisi. Idolobhakazi linokuphila kwasebusuku okunempilo okuqhudelana nanoma iyiphi indawo enkulu yezivakashi emhlabeni. Abathandi bobumnandi basebusuku bagqoka izingubo ezijabulisa ukufanisa idolobha namabha namakilabhu ahluke kakhulu. Ngisho nasemini, kusobala ukuthi iMedellin ikwazile ukuba yinhloko-dolobha yemfashini yaseMedellin. Amadoda adlala ngendlela eyimfashini zonke izinhlobo zezinwele “zoklebe” ezingabonwa kwenye indawo, kuyilapho abesifazane bekwazile ukuqopha umbono ohehayo—wokuthi “bahle kakhulu” eLatin America.
Umcimbi osuphenduke uphawu lwedolobha ukukhanya kwamalambu kaKhisimusi nawo oheha izinkulungwane zezivakashi. NgoZibandlela noJanuwari, iMedellin iziguqula ibe “inhloko-dolobha ekhanyayo, “lapho izinkulungwane zezibani ziboniswa ngobuciko eduze nomfula iMedellin, iNutibara Hill, i-Avenida La Playa Street, neminye imigwaqo yedolobha nezikwele.
Ukufika e-Medellin akukaze kufinyeleleke kalula. Ngenxa yemizamo kahulumeni waseColombia, manje sekunezindiza eziningi eziya eMedellin kunangaphambili. Nokho, abahambi kufanele baqaphele ukuthi isikhumulo sezindiza esisebenzela iMedellin (esibizwa ngokuthi José María Córdova International Airport) sikwelinye idolobhana elibizwa ngokuthi iRio Negro, eliqhele ngemizuzu engu-45 ukusuka eMedellin. Lindela ukukhokha imali yokugibela amatekisi, njengoba amahhotela amaningi enganikeli isevisi ye-shuttle.
