Hotel Bahia Cartagena

Travel Blogs from Cartagena

Such a hard life but someone has to do it!

A travel blog entry by dockerills

Santa Marta is a beach side town north of Cartagena. We decided to head up there for a few days and we were going to go into the National Park nearby for the day but it never really worked out.... We got to the bus station and were loaded on a bus that was "expresso" service. Express my ass! It still stopped all the time to pick up randoms up on …

Bahia Solano - Beer, Vallanato and Machine Guns

A travel blog entry by epicult

I had an interesting time in Meddellin but am now overdue for an adventure away from the city: Bahia Solano and El Valle on the pacific coast of Colombia. With all the stories about FARC and ELN presence, I�m unsure of what this adventure will bring. The owner of the hostal in medellin assured me it was safe to travel to. Mind you, he speaks very …

Baranquilla to Santa Marta but we miss Cartagena!!

A travel blog entry by ivealis

Bus to Baranquilla, Baranquilla to Santa Marta. It worked out cheaper than going direct. Took a big bag of pastries and slurped juice and said by to our friends in Cartagena. Trying to make our way to the lost city near Taganga so we start bussing our way up.
Santa Marta is nice. Although dirty, and with lots of do not walk in at night …

Boat Dancing under the Coconut Caribbean Sunshine

A travel blog entry by sarahdownsouth

... after person up to sing Colombian songs... Very loud, very entertaining, very South American. And finally he announced in Spanish, "and now we have a special guest that came all the way from THE UNITED STATES!!!!" Knowing I was the only US American on the boat, and that he had been picking on me the entire ride, my hands immediately came up to cover my face. I knew I had no choice because he made person after person get up there no matter how much they resisted, so ...

London to Cartagena - November 2012

A travel blog entry by llamatrails

... and ran off and consoled ourselves with a delicious Pina Colada (see pic). Mmmmm, sooooo yummy!

Yesterday (Saturday), we went to a mud volcano. Quite a bizarre experience but really fun. We basically had to climb in to a small crater, where we submerged ourselves in thick, glutinous, sulphuric (eggy-smelling) mud. Good for the skin and the soul, methinks. We wallowed around like happy pigs! The volcanic pool was 2km deep(!), which was a ...