Hotel Dann Cartagena

... at a hostel with a couple of cool guys off the boat.<br><br>Today we walked around the city which is absolutely incredible and cant wait to go out tonight. Its worked out really sweet that our first night in Colombia is a Saturday so looking forward to some fiesta's with the beautiful people here..<br><br>Will add the pics of here when I leave but have put up the ones from the boat ride in the mean time.<br><br>Anyway i'm off to make party<br><br>Adios amigos<br><br>x

... by walls that were built to protect the city from pirate invasions hundreds of years ago. The architecture is just incredible and I spent the morning gazing from building to building, head in the air. We ended up on the local beach, Boca Grande for the afternoon. We had initially got into a cab which was to take us to another beach a little bit further out of the city but when we got there withing twenty seconds the ...

... pool waiting to provide a sumptuous massage. Christie got one first, then the rest of us piled in. There was also someone to take care of your camera, and once we were all in he must have had a dozen camera&#8217;s around his neck or hanging off his arm. He seemed to know which camera was owned by who, or at least he knew which one was ours. He took a few pics and even worked out how to use the cam, I guess he must be know many cameras by now if he does this ...

... reminds me of Antigua in Guatemala, only much bigger and with a lot more history to share. <br><br>Cartagena is Colombias biggest port which was involved in numerous pirate attacks back in the 16th century. Ít still has many of the forts that were built to defend it and the original walls of both the inner and outer areas.<br><br>The 23 dungeons (Las Bovedas) in the north east corner are ...

... between ejaculation and death? There is a computer problem. On Ivan's memory card is a virus. I discovered it and engaged on the resolving process right away. Like ambulance personel that doesn't want to waste a single second. When I work with computers, which I don't like, I can't do only one thing at the time. So I download a couple of programs and try to restore the data with some tools simultaneously. This takes me a few hours, in the burning midday sun and I was kind of happy ...

... almost every street corner.<br><br><br>Peru on the other hand is a motoring museum of different sorts. Containing a melange of American automobile atrocities from the 1970's the collection is testament to just how wrong those boys in Detroit can get it when they really put their mind to it. Gigantic 2 door land yachts styled by your 4 year old nephew complete with nautical handling, lethargic performance and voracious appetites for gasoline.<br><br><br>As the US car industry knocks on ...

In Cartagena angekommen hatten wir zunächst Probleme ein Hotel zu finden. Deshalb sind wir am Ende alle in der selbsen Unterkunft gelandet. Cartagena ist wohl die bekannteste Stadt an der kolumbianischen Karibikküste. Es gibt unzählige Cafes und schicke Hotels. Die Häuser und Plätze sind wirklich schön, alle restauriert und echt nett gemacht. Aber deshalb ist es auch sehr touristisch und für ...

... 18th century. We are staying in the ghetto (i.e. outside the walls). As yet, we have had no encounters with pirates, but we remain on our guard. Notable events so far: - Lilly's sandals broke while in the historic centre, so she had to walk back to the hostal barefoot on the hot paving stones (ouch!). Next destination: Medellin

... help out. Our waiter was Candido from the Philippines. In conversation with him we had mentioned bring married 25 years, so at the end of our meal he comes over and says he has a present for our silver anniversary (which was last August). He unfolds a paper napkin and starts to form a rose out of the napkin while serenading us to 'Only You'. By the end of the song he hands the paper rose to me to give to my DW and the whole restaurant has stopped to applaud him. Thank you, Candido.

... the area was a small place near the hostel where I got soup, a beer and chicken for around $6 USD - bit pricy for the quality - the soup was full of tiny bones and there was so little meat on the chicken it was barely enough to feed a mouse!<br><br>Next day I was headed to Volcan de Lodo El Totumo - the famous Mud Volcano! That's one funky place to bathe! It's sort of a mud-hotspring which is growing taller and taller each year, now looking like a small volcano ...