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Hammocks, Beautiful Beaches and Sand Flies
I've found with public transportation in Latin America, its best to arrive early. I knew they packed the buses to the brim, but I didn't know they would do the same with chartered boats. We arrived at the port with ten minutes before the boat left for Playa Blanca, with not a single seat to be found. Its always awkward wandering around as the only …
ON THE BEACH WITH BARRY MANILOW
ROSARIO ISLAND
Gloria (Francesca's mother) had booked us on a small boat to visit Rosario Island just outside Cartagena. We waited at the port for the large vessels to fill with masses of people clinging on to their picnics and straw hats. We were entertained by salsa dancing men on stilts and a girl beaming with enthusiasm at a crowd that …
THE JEWEL IN THE SPANISH CROWN
Cartagena is one of the best preserved and most attractive colonial towns we have visited. It reminded us of Paraty in Brazil (which was more rural). This walled city housed many museums and amazing, just amazing, beautiful architechural houses. Some of the hotels had beautifully restored the largest houses or monastry and the best we saw was the …
80 feet under.
... style var det dags att likt den disktrasa jag var, duscha och krypa till kojs.Tredje dagen spenderades med mer murvandrande samt besök på ultraturistig resturang inkluderande gitarrorkester och att bli grundlurade på notan.Summa sumarum, Cartagena är en väldigt vacker och trevlig stad, med spännande nattliv. Desvärre packat, plastat och prissatt för turism.Vi åkte dagen efter mot bogota för att flyga till 2:a-pristagaren i kommunism, Kuba.
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Don't tell mum but....
... calm and joyful. It would have been entirely possible to have just wandered around the town for a few hours without connecting with anyone, just taking it all in, watching the shows in the afternoon and enjoying the local fare. And I've definitely left out a few stories. But we chose to step inside this magical world for a few hours and participate in this day as much as they would allow us, and I think, for me anyway, my life is all the ...