Hotel Caribe Cartagena

... had a fresh lobster lunch and then did a bit of snorkelling and exploring on the islands before getting involved in a bit of drinking. That night we ate a really good meal on the island and then carried on til the early hours on the boat. As we had 4 of us in 1 cabin things were a bit cosy so I decided to sleep on the deck. Unfortunately it started raining pretty hard at some point and I woke up in my sleeping bag absolutely soaked through a little bit dazed and ...

... with each dip in between the churning sea and landed the boat full of 20 to 30 passengers smack on our bottom with a loud bang! after being hoisted into the air repeatedly. Caroline and all the Colombian women screamed for their dear lives in between howls of laughter. I just wanted off the boat. After the boat trip in the jungle and now here in the Carribean, I hope we are not on a boat anywhere in the foreseeable future.<br><br><br>

... middle of the sea .... etc<br>The biggest problem was that Panama city is far away from the port and the hostels give No guarantee because they are just a link between the captains and the tourist, and <br>they never seen the boats (except in photos) <br><br><br>Arriving by bus to Puerto lindo I've been to the yacht club asks to speak to a captain, I have been addressed them at "Hostel wunderbar"<br>which takes care of everything. I ...

A group of us from the school ventured out this afternoon about 50k north of Cartagena to wallow around like hippos in mud!<br><br>It´s the bizarrest of things... a volcano about 250m deep full of sulphuric mud that you can bathe in! Because the mud is so deep you don´t sink and it´s even difficult to get yourself upright or move around without losing balance.<br><br>Apparently it´s good for your skin too but I´m not sure bathing in it after everyone else has ...

... to drink on the bus, and drops them off at a variety of bars. Enticing as it sounded, we opted out.<br> All in all, Cartagena looked exactly what you would imagine a spanish colonial city in Latin America to look like. It had the cute little cobblestone streets and small balconies, but the cute little cobblestone streets were crammed with cars, trash and all sorts of people selling **** like bootleg DVDs and watches. <br>

... that spouts deep metaphysical tones in e-minor just like an enormous organ in a gothic church, why not, they want to cut off the breath of their own public, strangulate their readers with their words. And in the end they say it's all meaningless. Well, write about meaningless butterflies and meaningless hummingbirds then, instead of our meaningless lives. I have to elaborate this kind of stuff more, but I'm tired. I need better metaphores to describe the character of that writer so you ...

... and occupation.<br><br><br>If you are an international spy, someone who craves privacy or just an idiot you can end up writing all manner of things in this space over the course of a 3 month trip. Pierpaolo and I have so far been logged as astronauts, hand models and jockeys depending on our mood at the time of check in. But perhaps the finest one I heard was British lad who was going around South America, his trip funded by his excellent work as a cigarette lighter repairman.<br><br ...

... erinnert hat...schicke Hochhäuser direkt am Strand auf nem Peninsular...Sind im alten Zentrum geblieben! Habe mir eine Weile die Stadt angeschaut, bin zum Strand gegangen und bin dann mit nem Boot zum Playa Blanca (weißer Strand) gefahren. Ein richtig Typischer Karibikstrand wie man sich das so vorstellt! Sehr sehr schön! Nur war die Fahrt dort hin recht wild da der Motor alle 2 Minuten ausgefallen ist und wie wie ne ...

Opted to take our chances without an official Holland America shore excursion. There were lots of vendors, taxi and bus drivers &amp; tour guides. After a one-armed guy negotiated a deal for $15 each, we joined his group and off we went. First to the Fort... Vendors of all kinds descended upon us. I bought a straw hat; Buffy bought some postcards for a buck.

... only about the shopping. He never did take us to the old city and didn't speak any English so we couldn't tell him where we wanted to go. So it was a short day and in retrospect maybe not a bad thing because we heard from others that the old city was very crowded today. The HAL Westerdam was tied up beside us and it's a bigger boat than the Sun. There were literally dozens of tour buses taking people to the old city, so I think I'm glad we missed that scene after all. Speaking ...