I am not sure why it has taken me so long to put this post up, maybe it is because it feels strange taking photos of the things you see every day where you live. Anyway, I live in an apartment complex/gated community. It is quite a special community in Cali and is quite well-known to locals. It is a cooperative and the only one of its kind in the country I believe.
In spite of being smack-bang in the middle of a bustling city, it is very calm with low blocks of flats and a lot of greenery along the paths, giving it shade and making it very peaceful, like a little oasis. It also has the biggest swimming pool I have seen in Cali and it is surrounded by plants, a children's pool and a waterfall feature above a sauna room! It is the only community complex that I have seen that doesn't have really tall apartment blocks. Where I live, they are only 4 storeys high so it does not feel like an expanse of concrete.
Here are some photos of the flat, community entrance and blocks:
In spite of being smack-bang in the middle of a bustling city, it is very calm with low blocks of flats and a lot of greenery along the paths, giving it shade and making it very peaceful, like a little oasis. It also has the biggest swimming pool I have seen in Cali and it is surrounded by plants, a children's pool and a waterfall feature above a sauna room! It is the only community complex that I have seen that doesn't have really tall apartment blocks. Where I live, they are only 4 storeys high so it does not feel like an expanse of concrete.
Here are some photos of the flat, community entrance and blocks:
Here are some photos of the grounds, pool area and the little shop. You can also see the Christ statue from the pool area. There are always plenty of beautiful birds around and a sweet old man who lives here as a parrot called Roberto that he takes out once a day and only lets girls stroke him, what a player! Click on the images to enlarge them: