Cartagena Real
Zona Norte, Boquilla Cartagena, 00040 , Colombia
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¡Feliz Año Nuevo!
... New Year's Eve celebrations the past two times in South America, one in Valparaiso, and the other in Fortaleza, tonight's celebration was positively tame and quiet in comparison. Cartagena's celebrations in the old town are all private parties, and there were no massive public celebrations like there were in Chile or Brazil. But we're still fortunate to be celebrating New Year's Eve in Colombia, so who cares? ¡Feliz año ...
Navidad en Cartagena
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Dennoch hatte ich heute beim Laufen mal ein richtiges Hochgefühl (und das kam nicht vom Laufen) als ich die herrlich beleuchtete Altstadt sah und sich unendliche Zufriedenheit einstellte.
Wie gut es unsereiner doch hat, sich so ein geilen Urlaubstraum erfüllen zu können und trotzdem jemanden zu haben, der daheim in der Kälte auf einen wartet...
Felicidad sólo es real cuando es compartida!
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Mud baths and cold beers
After spending far too much money in Taganaga we jumped in a minivan bound for Cartagena and checked into the famed Casa Viena hostel.They only had dorm rooms left but that was better than nothing, straight away we enquired about sail boats to Panama.A guy sharing our room mentioned he had been waiting for a week to get on a boat and was sick of waiting, so he had booked a flight instead. we were pretty worried this was a standard wait once we ...
Crepuscular Carnival in Cartagena
... week I believe I shall be camping in a coffee plantation before hiking up to the dizzy heights of 5100m; and with the amount that I am smoking at the moment, I think 'dizzy' is a rather operative word. On the positive side, it will be great to have some company and see what social wranglings will come out of a large group of strangers being cobbled together. A rather interesting socio-anthropological experiment, if anything.
I'll be sure to share the ...
Terror on the streets of Cartagena....
... before we finally found comfort in the old town. Surrounded by Las Murallas, the thick walls built to protect the town from pirates, the streets are quieter and I felt much more at ease.
We rode around the cobbled streets, taking in the beautiful colonial buildings and cathedrals, stopping off at the shops to buy a hammock (yes we realise we don't have a home let alone a garden at the ...


