Here are pictures of Cartagena and of my Christmas Celebrations with my family in Sangolqui..sorry thats all you get.. this computer is super slow and iīm getting hungry haha.. what else is new..

After fives days at sea, everyone was glad to finally get back on land. Where we had arrived was Cartagena in the north of Colomobia, possibly the prettiest old town I have ever seen. All the old city has been restored and itīs a great place to just wander around, stopping off for the occassional Jugo or ceviche. Jugo or juice as we know it in E...

Last night met up with a fellow gay traveller from the States. His name's Rodney, and he's been traveling for over a year. (Lucky guy). (Cartagena sees a lot of tourists, but almost no Americans). Met up for drinks and pupus, and hit a couple of different places. We closed out the evening by visiting the local gay watering hole. It was nearly mi...

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. Will be moving off from here soon. Will update shortly.

we went to a futbol (football/soccer) game yesterday. we saw nacional (from medellin) play cartagena`s team real cartagena. we went with four other people from the hostel, including two englishmen who were very excited to have a football fix. daniela and i knew about the game from jean carlos, one of the guys who works at our hotel. but we weren...

The Walled City is our point of entry into Colombia, and South America. It is only a short flight from Panama City, but it seems like a whole different continent.

SO I am finally in Cartagena. i hate to build up places too much, because they rarely meet expectations, but nonetheless, this city is amazing. I may very well be the most beautiful place I ahve been to. In the old city, surrounded by walls to keep out pirates (see, itīs awesome already)the streets, with their mulitcolored buildings with colonia...