Hotel Isla Paraiso Secreto Cartagena

... in May where he left his boat for the summer, but they are just so fun and full of love and have the most amazing stories ever! They know Cartagena pretty well so they have been showing us around town. We went over to their boat for dinner and then weve been going out a lot too with them. Their accents are just brilliant and their sense of humor and story telling is great. They took us into town to see some Colombia dancing and taste authentic food and just get a sense for the city ...

... je mljela nekih 10 minuta na spanjolskom. uglavnom, ugriz na nozi nije ni pogledala nego mi je samo dala neku kremu i ibuprofen tako da me cijelo to veselje kostalo nekih 50 dolara (s tim da bi mi pare koje sam dala za pregleda, nekih 20 dolara, trebalo vratiti osiguranje). <br><br>pokusali smo ici van u cartageni, ali je bilo nemoguce naci neko mjesto jer decke nisu pustali, ako nisu imali na sebi cipele i kosulje tako da smo na kraju samo lutali gradom i ...

... of sugar mangoes, and snacks. <br>Returning to Cartagena mid afternoon we ran to El Mejor Sitio for lunch. Had to have my soup fix. Decided to go to the Hotel Sofitel's famed Coro Bar to have drinks that night. Supposedly Prez. Clinton had drinks there. He's a cool enough guy for me. Must be some good drinks. Or sexy ladies. We know he likes them. Or maybe not. Monica was not that much of a looker. Anyway ...

... means of transportation in Colombia. It is basically a very loudly colored bus. The one I ended up riding in was very cool (chevere in espanol) because it had little funny sayings across the wood panels above your head. The chiva took us all around town as our guide, a motherly woman named Celia, divulged loads of information about Cartagena which was largely drowned out by the motorscooters buzzing by us on the street. We first went to the convent, which has some impressive ...

... but I made it to the clinic on time. The clinic is often open until 8 or even 9pm, especially on days like today when they lost power for 2 hours. They work hard. The generator is used for surgery and the laboratory, but common work or cosmetics are the first to get bumped. Tomorrow is the weekend, my favorite part. I am travelling to Monteverde, a 5 hour journey.

... he wasn't going alone. After a wee rest it was quiz time again. We lost on the tie but could have won if one of the others had made it along. Next up were some laps in the pool - giving up when it got too rough - almost chucking a young girl out of the pool. Funnily enough they shut the pool after we got out. A Jacuzzi, a shower and then dinner - USA themed with not a hamburger in sight. Overcooked seared tuna (safer?) with a great sweet ...

... a young girl in Colombia I've been sponsoring. When I started sponsoring her 2 years (since 2005) I never thought I'd get to meet her so soon - and now the day was here! I also sponsor Yeimi from Guatemala, which I had went to visit in Guatemala the year before. For those who want to read my story from the two visits, check here.<br><br>I sponsor her through Children International, which has an office in Barranquilla, where I was made welcome and shown all around ...

... band finished, they started playng some very danceable reggae music, and after the several beers we had each drunk, we couldn´t help but get on the dance floor with other tourists, funny dancing Italians, and honest-to goodness rasta men. We also hung out with the same Italians who had been on our boat. They told us a hilarious story about what had happened to them while they were looking for the internet place. They saw something in a tree that looked kind of furry ...

... the continuously erupting Volcan Arenal (which we could see from our campsite, albeit from the "wrong" side). There is definitely a "Gringo Trail" that runs from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico down to Costa Rica and we are starting to see familiar faces wherever we go. In Tamarindo we ran into 3 American travelers that we had first met briefly on Caye Caulker in Belize and, for $20 (the first time our bank account has gone in that direction in 6 ...

Well I'm up to date on this for once! In somewhere called Siquires or something like that, not amazing! Got up at 5 this morning to catch the bus here. Only to realise on the way that cus its a sunday the conections aren't quite so good, so we have to wait like 4 hours here for another bus and then hopefully there will be a boat to this place we're going to called Parismina on the coast ...