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Cartagena Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cartagena, Colombia
Gringoland!
Arrived in Cartagena on Thursday night after visiting a mud volcano, ended up looking like Golum from The Lord of The Rings. Had a great time on Thursday night out in town, lots of gringos and good culture here due to Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish. ...
In Colombia, but Darien Gap not traversed...!
... Colombia at the time and being accepted as part of South America. But the history lesson over with... the door to modern day Colombia was still the Darién region of Panama, more importantly, the Darién Gap. After running around in Panama City for a ...
Sleeping with cockroaches - almost
... week in Cartagena looking around its three main districts: Getsemaní; the old centre; and Baranquia. Cartagena is classed as the most beautiful town in Colombia and I quite agree, its historic centre is gorgeous with beautiful colonial architecture and ...
London to Cartagena - November 2012
... the photos(!), if you're interested in seeing what we’ve been up to. Here goes… The Llama trails begin! Amsterdam to Cartagena, Colombia. Many of you have probably been to Amsterdam, so I’m not going to go in to the finer details of our ...
spanish, gold, pirates, forts, canons - want more?
... ... the immigration office here is so busy (cos it´s such a big port) that we actually entered colombia without stamped passports, which was hard to comprehend. cartagena is a beautiful old spanish town, and the city has a history of pirates, gold, forts ...
Beautiful Cartagena, Colombia
032410: Cartagena, Colombia, South America. We sailed into the huge Cartagena harbor and I was mesmerized by the beautiful modern skyscraper skyline. We docked at 9:00 AM. I am amazed to finally be on South American soil, a first ...
Exploring the magical city of Cartagena
... ran into San Felipe´s Castle. (see Wikipedia info below) The Castillo San Felipe de Barajas is a fortress in the city of Cartagena, Colombia. The castle is located on the Hill of San Lázaro in a strategic location, dominating approaches to the city by ...
Romancing the Stone in Cartagena
Cartagena is truly a fairy-tale city where one can get caught up and lost in the romance, myths and the picturesque beauty of it all. The historical town is where they filmed most of the 80's film, "Romancing the Stone." Although I hate to ...
Halloween Craziness - Great Caribbean Town
... shopping, all in all another great town to visit. Still racing around and heading to some sights tomorrow, will keep this one updated... Stuck in Cartagena for a few days whilst the Hurricane moves further North - do some exploring (pics ...
Yarrr...there be no pirates in Cartagena!
... city walls which looked out over the sea, just in time for a drink at sunset. We then explored the beautiful streets of Cartagena in search of somewhere for dinner...luckily a man found us and took us to a really cute bistro where we had vegetables ...
Chance encounters in enchanting Cartagena
See pictures here Cartagena http://picasaweb.google.com/gstace/CartagenaFun?authkey=Gv1sRgCOCjnZeb0vbacw I liked Cartagena immediately. The heat, old town, architecture and atmosphere. I found it a little odd to have police every 300m on the ...
Taking risks in Colombia
... we managed to get out of La Boqilla, on the chaotic buses, and do some of the touristy stuff in the area. Cartagena itself is the main tourist draw ... overall it´s a great sprawling city, hot, dusty and overcrowded! Walking through the colonial walls ...
Cartagena- Melted Me
A long bus ride north landed us in Cartagena, a wealthy Colonial town- the Spanish stored all their plundered gold here before shipping it back to Europe, which also meant that pirates used to try and seize the port a lot. I think it was the prettiest ...
Life in the Big Smoke
... hours. The one interesting thing that happened was flying down from Panama with another Australian, Phil. After saying goodbye at Cartagena, I got an email from him a week later - the bus he was on crashed whilst he was sleeping, after taking ...
THE JEWEL IN THE SPANISH CROWN
... to the Spanish this man was a tyrant who pillaged and raped his way throughout South America. According to our guide in Cartagena (who was a little loose with most of his historic information) he was so frightening that the ‘nuns were giving ...
Cartagena and Playa Blanca
... a lot of pictures for you guys. Around 3 I went to the Hard Rock and traded an Atlantic City Hard Rock pin to a worker for a nice Cartagena pin. The pin I bought was only 2.50. The one I traded for was 19.00 so I made out pretty well. I ended up having ...
hot and humid
... afortunadamente encontre un al lado tambien en el barrio Getsemani, un barrio afuera del centro historico. Durante mi estancia en Cartagena llovio cada dia y algunas veces las calles en Getsemani y los barrios pobres inundaron. Buscar un paso fue dificil ...
A worthy UNESCO city
"Cartagena - one of the most beautiful cities in South America" states the Lonely Planet and they are not wrong. The old town is filled with brightly painted houses festooned with colourful flowers and the walls that circle the city centre date from the ...
Die Ruhe nach dem Sturm
... del Mar, das sich direkt auf der westlichen Festungsmauer mit Blick aufs Meer befindet und das ein absolutes Muss für jeden Cartagena-Besucher ist. Im Hostal bin ich Ameet wieder über den Weg gelaufen, der sich spontan angeschlossen hat.Kaum waren ...
Cartagena - great colonial city
... an evening with too much rum and cigars, I jumped on the minibus to get into Santa Marta, hoping to find a bus towards Cartagena. Bang, bang, smack, smack and 25 minutes after I was heading in the right direction. Perfect. The bus took over 5hrs though, ...
A great day for a mud bath and rumba en chiva!!
We loved el Volcan de Lodo de Totumo and the rumba en chiva (party bus) at night!! ...
Cruisin': Day 5
... form of churches, plazas, and apartments with overhanging balconies decorated in vines. We decided to spend our time in Cartagena wandering the cobblestone streets, admiring the architecture, and seeing a few of the tourist sites. We visited first the ...
The Old City
Caribbean Port
The road from Santa Marta, the oldest colonial settlement in Columbia, to Cartagena runs along the northern Caribbean coast. All along the road there are small, very poor fishing settlements, interspersed with towns. One of which seemed to be an ...
CHAPTER 6: STUNT WALLETS, CRASHES - WHAT THE FARC?
... selling his phone to the Colombian police BEST HOSPITALITYGiulio and Marta's families! WORST HOTELLast night truckstop outside Cartagena HARDEST EXPLANATIONWhy did I see you coming out of a brothel in Lima? WORST PLACE TO BREAK DOWNBarrancas CRAZIEST ...
Cartagena, a beautiful place
We took a bus/walking tour of Cartagena and were really pleased with this place. Cartagena isn't a really safe place, but if you pay attention and don't do stupid things, it isn't so bad. Our tour guide stressed staying together, not flashing ...
Cartagena: completamente Caribe!
... over. (How difficult can it be to invade a city suffering from chronic relaxation?) We spent a couple of days soaking up Cartagena's seriously easy-going vibe; walking along the city walls, drinking coconut juice, munching on mango and ceviche (and mango ...