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Cartagena - where I'm going to retire!
I had penciled Cartagena (pronounced Cart-a-henna) in for my travels when I had been going to travel via bus through South America, however after the bus incident in Coro, and my decision to fly through most towns, I flew from Caracas, Venezuela to Bogota, Colombia without a stop along the coast. But after hearing and reading great reviews on …
Boat Dancing under the Coconut Caribbean Sunshine
... a huge basket of fruit came by and we ordered some fruit salads. 3 bucks for a huge plate of papaya, mango, orange, grapes, bananas and fruits that I don't even know the name of, prepared right in front of us. It was a great start to the day.
That morning we rented snorkels and went out to some corals right off the shore, and I must say that Galapagos spoiled me. After going snorkeling every day and playing with sea lions and sea turtles and seeing tons ...
Colombia: Cartagena
... is the Clock Tower Building. The oldest part of Cartagena is around Plaza Trinidad in Getsemaní. Further all churches in the historic center are worth to visiting, especially Iglesia de San Pedro Claver, in honor of the priest St. Pedro Claver, who was the first saint of the new world for his work with slaves; La Catedral, near Plaza de Bolivar and the Iglesia de Santo Domingo.
On another day we saw ...
Don't tell mum but....
... by. We were immediately drawn to the main stage - the performances hadn't yet started, so a pile of gorgeous children had taken it over and were playing and dancing. Amazing dancers all of them, even the super young ones. We befriended a small group of girls and as soon as they saw my camera they insisted on doing a modelling shoot with me (hence why there are so many pictures of me posing with them in the video!). After our 'photo shoot' ...
Caribbean Queen
... s World Heritage declared walled old city built by the Spanish in the 1500’s. During it’s history the city has endured attacks from pirates, The English and the French; however by the early 1700’s the Spaniards had recovered most of the city and not a lot has changed since then.
Like all good port cities, there’s a red light district right off the wharf and it’s there where we’d planned to stay. Getsemani has been notorious for ...
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