In a country as beautiful and hospitable as Colombia we find a move that rivals the best novels surrealism with his son, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
The former home of world famous drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar (who died 15 years ago) has become a theme park based on private zoo that had formed his own.
A property of 2,700 acres of magnificent countryside that became the special preserve of Escobar in which he built his imposing house, with luxury private facilities and a zoo full of exotic species.
After Escobar's death, the state could not take to maintain such a structure. The buildings were ransacked and ruined. Most of the animals died for lack of care. Among the rarer species was brought from a hippo who resisted the "change management" and are acclimated to living wild in the nearby river, forming a pack that is today the main attraction of the theme park: Hacienda Napoles.
The park preserves the name of the original farm, and on their website makes no reference to the original owner, but oddly enough, speaks to the National Narcotics Directorate took over the administration to create the park.
With its private airstrip, swimming pools, guest house and others, the farm now shows an aquarium, a butterfly garden, an enclosure of native fauna, a sector of reptiles, horse, forest, river, etc..
Nothing remains of those fancy parties and lack of control when Escobar had all the power that money could buy. Today, Hacienda Napoles is open to the public tourist and try to forget the past.
source: eldiariodelviajero
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