Walled City Cartagena

I am in LOVE with Colombia and Cartagena reminds me of a larger Havana in Cuba. It has a great vibe, music blaring from the streets and it's dam hot and sweaty here.

Something of a mix of lack of air conditioning, small heat blistering streets where people walk on the side in the shade only and near the beach and it's humidity, makes for …

Time is the best tonic. I feel like, after two months in, I am more rested, relaxed and my cure of travel is working on me mentally and physically. I no longer have this anxious feeling changing my place or getting on the next bus and I also feel I can enjoy the moment I am in. Not spend energy worrying about what has happened or what might happen …

So far I've flown Melbourne > Sydney > Buenos Aires > Lima > Bogota > Medellin > Bogota > Cartagena. This was the last flight for a while, which pleased me. I guess it was fortunate, in a way, that it was this plane's landing (not an earlier flight) that my ears decided to rupture their blood vessels. What I thought was mucus …

... up a game! Cartagena: A tropical flavoured Cusco? Anyway, we caught the bus from Santa Marta four hours along the coast to the walled city of Cartagena with Mil and Ya El. We rejoiced as we realised this would be our last bus journey in SA, but of ...

... in the fascinating city of Cartagena  which is located in northern Colombia on the shores of the Caribbean. The old walled city of Cartagena, or the historical quarters, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is the main attraction to the city. Within ...

I finally left the beach bum life behind in Taganga only to go to yet another beach.  I came back to Cartagena to take better photos than the ones I made four years ago and also go to Playa Blanca; said to be Colombia's most beautiful ...

... at bay.  By this stage I was absolutely starving so we left the bags, locked up the room and headed in to the walled city to take a look around and get some food. Firstly, Cartagena really is a beautiful city and it fully warrants its’ UNESCO ...

... Coffee zone, Johana's hometown. We didn't stay for more than two short days, but managed to see most of the stunning historic walled city as well as getting some sun on Playa Blanca. But with the jet-lag constantly in ambush mode, both Johana and I ...

... dirty industrial centre. However, it is easy to forget the rather grubby surroundings of the suburbs by immersing yourself inside the old walled city. Due to storm damage and many attacks by the likes of Sir Francis Drake and his motley crew of pirates, ...

... of sweets, fruits and arepas. A city where wandering around pays off.     Everybody walks inside the walled city, with two of the old colonial neighborhoods, but not so many people venture into Getsemaní, the third one, just on ...

... in defending the site in earlier days.  Cartagena has colonial charm and many tourist attractions, especially the old walled city. The new city has numerous high rises and both cities total some 1.5 million souls. There are beggars both in the old ...

... marked Tourist Information center. The walk took us past the convention center, past some amazing replica pirate ships, and along the walled city of Old Town. The Spanish colonial city was founded on June 1, 1533 and named after the Cartagena found in ...

... in America. On November 11 of 1811 Cartagena declared its independence from Spain. Its historic center, the "Walled City", was declared National Heritage of Colombia in 1959 and the Unesco World Heritage Site in 1984.7 In the year 2007 the military ...