El Marques Hotel Boutique Cartagena

... me to do the grocery shopping by myself, to go to the internet cafe by myself and to talk to the local. The only real problem I had was the chinese food restaurant. I walk in and they obviously see Im from out of town, like they did in Ft. Lauderdale no problem. and these Spanish speaking chinese owners hand me 2 menus. One obviously in spanish and the other in english. Ok Great I thought now I can get Jamie exactly what he wants because he only likes certain veggies from this ...

... sam samo jednom bila sama na ulici i to kad sam ujutro isla do pekare i na putu tamo i nazad (znaci, u ca. 10 minuta) obratila su mi se dva dilera. u cartageni je jaaako lako naci travu ili kokain, likovi znaju gdje su turisti te cekaju ispred ulaza hostela pa te napastuju cim prodes kroz vrata. <br><br>iz cartagene sam putovala shuttle busom do tagange gdje sam htjela ici na ronjenje, ali nisam bila u mogucnosti zbog nedostatka para. vise srece drugi put! :(<br>

... friendly face, Kate, who we had the pleasure of meeting in Bogota. She was off to Lima in a few days but she had just finished doing the mud volcano, so we picked up a few tips. One was that the included lunch, again, was not something to look forward to, and she advised us to opt out if we could, since street sellers had plenty of empanadas and ariepas for sale. We decided to opt out and returned to where we booked earlier but the booking office was closed. We would ...

... the view and the mojito, but especially the breeze. It was then time to head back to the hostal for the night.<br><br>Today was a spectacular day. I awoke early (7a.m.) because today I was going to the Volcan del Lodo Totumo. For those of you who know Spanish, lodo means mud. This volcano, for whatever reason, spurts lukewarm mud instead of lava. Tourists come from miles around to take a dip in it. I was one of the lucky ones today. We arrived (after another fun waiting around for the ...

... me to spend the night in prison was thus a trick. I started mentioning the bribe, and when they were considering it, I suddenly changed my attitude and told them I didn't want to do anything illegal and I'd write exactly what would happen. I guess they were intimidated. Not bad, huh? There might even be a moral of this story: Kamiel's Daily Karma Rule: If you're intimidated by a person and a concept (such as the Law, Truth, Guilt), be imaginative and use the same concept against that person.

... our gear, made landfall and had a quick tour of the small island, which contained a towering yellow inn, a dive bungalow and a small beach. With some fresh fruit juice delivered to us on the beach, we got changed into our diving duds and reboarded the boat so that we could be dropped a few hundred meters off the Island. After an hour of not so impressive snorkel, we found the boat, threw in our flippers and struggled aboard. We dried off in the sun for a bit and waited for ...

... a little poorly equipped. His answer was an emphatic "No".<br><br><br>"Sods law says the one bit that breaks on your car is the one you didn't pack and besides, I've never been caught in a situation that a bottle of scotch couldn't improve."<br><br><br>Pure genius.<br><br><br>Hobbling back to the beach house my continuation on this earth is verified. Pierpaolo says he has been having the most interesting conversation with the father who owns the place. Ex Peruvian army pilot, retired at 42 ...

... Danish couple and had a healthy, tanned glow. After the carnaval she has booked herself into a meditation course in Caracas, Venezuela. The course lasts for 10 days in which you are not allowed to talk. There is no tv, no books, nothing to write on, girls and boys are separated, you have just 2 basic meals a day and all that's left to do is to meditate for at least 10 hours a day. Most people can't last the course and they don't take anyone they ...

... leaving Canada...yeah!!) at the hostel we were staying at. It was a simple affair at the outdoor communal kitchen table with your choice of crepes or eggs, and toast, along with a glass of fresh pineapple juice. Lovely! The communal table was a great place where we were able to socialize with the other guests (mostly from Europe) and even made a few friends we ran into later on that night and others we may meet up with later on in our trip. We then spent the next 6 ...

... were a couple of very simple chairs, a refridgerator which they used to freeze water and sell ice cubes, and a television. No kitchen table or dining table... It seemed to me as if they maybe eat sitting on the floor or standing with their plats in their hands... Wasn't sure. Then the kitchen was tiny, just divided with a small wall with a small working table and on top of it a gas stove. One bedroom with one big bed where the whole family of 5 sleeps.<br><br ...