Medellin goes all out with Christmas lights. The public utility, Grupo EPM, sponsors a huge installation taking over an amusement park, called Parque Norte. You can make a whole evening out of strolling in and out of the exhibits, down the lanes, and alongside the lake.
It's hard to know where to look first, because of the magnitude of the displays.
Before you even enter the main gates of the park, you pass along a corridor of outside food vendor stands, hawking cotton candy and all types of fried sweet things. The locals call it "cholesterol palace".
Parque Norte is just outside of downtown Medellin. There is another option to view dense spectacles of Christmas lights, covering a central artery. The street known as Carabobo is thickly covered with a canopy of lights which flash, rotating into different designs. The blocks that are decorated are closed to traffic to allow people to stroll underneath.
