Panama's palms and paintballing at Pablo's, Colombia: Instagram snapshots

Pablo Escobar’s former retreat near Medellín is one stop on adventurer Eddie Smith’s tour of the lush landscapes of Colombia and Panama

Eddie Smith

  • San Blas Islands, Panama


    I’m travelling around South America for a month, and started by exploring Panama’s idyllic San Blas Islands. These pristine, palm tree-lined islands are only sparsely populated by the indigenous Kuna people. • Follow Eddie Smith at instagram.com/eddiesmithofficial. • Follow Guardian Travel on Instagram, use the tag #guardiantravelsnaps
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    Palm trees on San Blas Islands, Panama

  • Paintballing with Pablo in Colombia


    I spent the day paintballing at Pablo Escobar’s former retreat just outside Medellín. It’s on the shores of the Peñol reservoir at Guatapé lake, the bombed-out La Manuela villa – named after his daughter – is an eerie reminder of Colombia’s dark past.
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    Pablo Escobar’s former retreat just outside Medellín on the shores of the Peñol reservoir at Guatapé lake

  • Hanging at The Rock, Colombia


    The view over Guatapé from the top of “The Rock”: a monolith that has 740 steps wedged into a huge crevice and leading up to a 2,000-metre-high lookout point.
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    View over Guatapé from the top of “The Rock”: a monolith that has 740 steps wedged into a huge crevice, and that lead up to a 2,000-metre-high lookout point.