Hotel La Naval
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Aie! Que calor en Cartagena de Indias!
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L'architecture est superbe, tres espagnole, et les fenetres sont irresistibles.
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Caribbean Queen
... a new friend; heat-rash.
We ran down to the water, through a pungent sulfuric stench and took in an amazing pre-dawn swim in the flattest, calmest water you’d know. We agreed another night wouldn’t be any fun, nor would the sleep deprivation be healthy so we arranged to get ourselves on a 3pm boat ride outta there. And we did.
We’d met up with Rich and Jenny, a U.K/Australian fusion couple we’d originally met in Ecuador. We had some ...
Cartagena Day 1
Maggie and I dragged ourselves out of bed early, around 8am (okay, early for a vacation). We packed and checked out of our cute little hotel in Villa de Leyva. We got very lucky with bus timings. Walked straight onto a bus to Tunja at 9am. Hour later walked straight onto a bus to Bogota at 10am. Arrived in Bogota around 1pm, quite early! Which was good cause my tailbone was starting to get really sore. Some seat types it just really disagrees ...
Cartagena
... los fährt ist unsere Laune ruiniert. Englisch spricht der Guide dann auch nicht einmal, wie zugesagt. Nachdem wir eine Weile düster aus der Wäsche geschaut haben, ist JJ so schlau den Guide zu fragen, ob er auch etwas auf Englisch sagen kann, was er dann in der Folge auch macht - zumindest ab und an einmal die Basics. So sehen wir das Fort "Castillo San Felipe" mit seinen Tunneln und fahren zum "Convento de La Popa" welches auf einem Hügel ...
All C's
... the Spanish Inquisition. Man they had some gruesome torture techniques. I remember at an early age the Monty Python sketch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJ YkY
Well it was nothing like that! The application of the garrucha, also known as the strappado consisted of suspending the victim from the ceiling by the wrists, which are tied behind the back. Sometimes weights were tied to the ankles, with a series of lifts and drops, ...