Hotel Tamaca Beach Resort Santa Marta

Day 1: Punta Hermosa, Monday<br>We left Cartagena marina about 630 this morning with Allways Sunday, our buddy boat we found at the Cartagena Marina, they are a young sailing couple so we both though this excursion would be best for both boats if we traveled together) close behind and headed around Boca Grande and into the Caribbean. It was really nice at first because the wind was very gusty so we were able to sail a good portion of the trip, the ...

... AGAIN<br><br>We all agreed Taganga was a nice place and one we could easily come back to. However after an interesting night out, Pa believed the place was corrupt. No surprises there. <br><br>Tayrona National Park<br><br>Thursday morning we gathered a few snacks and headed off for Tayrona. One of Colombia's most popular national parks, Tayrona is set on the jungle-covered coast at the foot of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The park stretches along the coast from the Bah ...

... we got our hammocks, we all went for a swim to cool off and relax. <br><br>Now, this campground is not that nice. It has a field for tents, 4 bathrooms and 4 communal showers. No doors on the showers so either keep your suit on or shower next to someone naked. Not my thing. The hammocks down are located in the restaurant sort of.  There was half a wall separating us from the people eating. Then on the beach, to the left, are the hammocks up. They had built a big hut out on the ...

... utakmicu, otisli smo u potragu za hostelom (s ruksacima na ledima) te otisli prvo do Casa de Felipe, popularnoga hostela gdje soba kosta 11 dolara. Nakon sto su nam ponudili sobu s bracnim krevetom, krevetom i pomocnim krevetom, odustali smo te otisli u drugi hostel koji je bio totalni krs, ali je krevet kostao samo 7,50 dolara. Nakon sto smo se napokon smjestili, poceli smo piti (naravno, rum ...

... the park for $2mil pesos. We were paying Jose $25mil pesos extra per person, I'm guessing but I&#8217;m sure that by the time you add up the return costs you wouldn&#8217;t be paying much more than the collectivo and jeep travel and it would be much quicker and easier with Jose. It took us about an hour to get to the park, after we had a short stop to get provisions at a supermarket, it was about 12-30pm. We were conscious of the limited time we had since Jose ...

... hour journey particularly pleasant. For the last hour we were cross legged hoping for a toilet stop before Jody, struggling the most, decided to ask the driver. Ten minutes later we stopped, and almost the entire bus got off and queued outside the only toilet available. Neither did the toilet have a flusher, there was a bowl in the sink which you could use to fill with water and empty into the toilet, for those that is that could be bothered. If you were last in the queue there maybe a ...

... Borko, Julian, Sarah and I left on a hike to El Pueblito around noon. El Pueblito are the remains of the Tayrona ruins, really only some walls and Circular platforms in the middle of the jungle. The more amazing part was the hike, during which we saw a couple snakes, dozens of millipedes, and heard the mating calls of howler monkeys. The trek to El Pueblito was about 1.5 hours long and relatively strenuous. The path was almost ...

... cannot be completed. Of course we brought back ups - as much cash as I felt comfortable carrying, and travelers checks. The cash helped, but travelers checks are impossible to cash, and then there is the Official Rate Problem. It seems that all of Venezuela has a little cash flow problem. Therefore, the black market exchange rate for cash is 6 Bolivares to the dollar, while the official exchange is only 2 to the dolar. This results ...

... back for seconds and thirds. Every night I slept amazing with a full belly and a tired body.<br> On the second day, we were given the option to view the "plantation". So early in the morning we paid an extra $12 to visit this plantation. It turned out be a small area of 15'X15' covered. And under it was every step to make cocaine. He explained to us each step. It was interesting and we got lots of pictures. Afterwards, we ...