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An early one... :-(
We woke up in Cali extremely early for our bus. The ordered taxi arrived nicely on time and we were very pleased we ordered one on seeing the prostitutes and other dodgy looking people on the street outside. We waved goodbye to the hotel guy and the taxi took off to the bus station. After a while we started to get concerned that the taxi was …
Boat Dancing under the Coconut Caribbean Sunshine
... just to have a chill day. I got completely lost trying to find a sushi place but ended up seeing a lot of Cartagena - the market, the shops, the historic wall built around the town, and some people playing music before I finally found the sushi. There, I splurged on a 10 dollar meal and ordered a Vegetable Tempora roll. It was pretty good. I had been craving sushi... Returned to the hostel, watched some American TV which was refreshing, and met a Spanish guy! ...
London to Cartagena - November 2012
... it!
We stayed in the relatively poor district, Getsemani, but with such a massive police presence, it felt very safe. However, we were semi-mugged when a man with a bucket of blue paint essentially threatened to douse us unless we handed over some money. That was rather a desperate moment. We would definitely still be blue all over if we hadn’t acted quickly!
On Friday we took a boat trip out to the barracuda-infested ...
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... the horse draen carriages and people walk by. The men selling art were relentless and pushed their merchandise on us. we learned to say "no gracias " sternly, but it was difficult to do to the little boys rapping. They were actually pretty good. im sorry i didnt get pictures of the afrocarribean street dancers....they were top notch. Itwas like seeing a professional show on the streets. There's a lot that goes on in these narrow ...
Cartagena Day 5
... Trinidad where we watched another wedding in progress. Very beautiful and romantic city. You can see our pictures here: https://picasaweb.google.com/1050088333 39136385475/CartagenaPart2 . I was also able to get my hawaiian style empanadas which I had been looking for since I arrived. From there we went back to the hostel for our bags and took a taxi to the airport at around 830pm. Our plane was quick delayed though and we did not board ...