Monterrey Hotel Cartagena

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Local Transportation in Cartagena
Cartagena is a fabulous walking city, therefore, you might find that the majority of your time here is spent on foot. You can take advantage of the city's affordable and prevalent taxis as well. If you can't hail a cab from the street, stop by one of the city's many hotels, and they'd be happy to call one to pick you up. In addition, you can rent a car while in ...

... the streets and taking everything in. I think I nearly dislocated my jaw it dropped so many times during the 4 nights we had there..

Apart from seeing the old town and visiting the beach in the new part of the town the stay mainly involved partying. To be honest its all a little bit hazy but it was certainly a fun place to be. However some of the amusing stories that resulted will have to be saved for a rainy day.. We did get to see first hand how corrupt the ...

... of Cartagena and chanced upon a brightly lit restaurant next to the Simon Bolivar Plaza. I didn’t catch the name of it but it had yellow walls, yellow table clothes and the waiter/owner and chef wore yellow. He was a really polite and attentive, spoke a little English and served us up one of the best menu de dia’s I have had for $6mil pesos each, including soup and drink. It was a bright end to a long day. We left to return to our accommodation.

... was the hardest work out ever....then we get to the other side and he tells us to keep walking down in the river.. then he turns back to home.. again what people.... At some parts the water is nearly over our heads... so tired... Stephen decides to take off his shirt and do the whole rambo thing... what a sight...eventually we get to the end and look to our left and spot a path we could have walked instead the craziness we just went through....but wow the ...

... for one on the Internet. We climbs in which was a very strange sensation because you float and its very difficult to move around, actually quite funny! Would definitely recommend the mud volcano to all but be prepared for the not so nice lagoon you clean yourself in after. yuck.

We finally are leaving Cartagena which is a place that feels as though we have spent forever in and heading to Taganga to visit the Tayrona national park another beautiful beach!

... Cartagena flourished and was an important bastion of the Spanish Colonial Empire. However, that was not to last. Cartagena was one of the first town to proclaim independence from Spain in 1810. In 1815 the Spanish sent Pablo Morillo to reconquer the city in a 4 month siege. More than 6000 people died of starvation and disease. In 1819 Simon Bolivar's troops defeated the ...

... male Aloofness, did a great job of ignoring her. Glances were thrown...and I was not needed as a translator to make sense of the games going on. After a bit, we were joined by about 10 sectionmates who had rented a house nearby. We soon packed into cabs and put put over to Quiebra Canta, a second floor salsa bar. We all danced for a bit and then went our separate ways. Hicham to another Bar, me to the pillow. Wednesday was ...yet another... pool day. But involved a lot of ...

... kilometres around the continent on an old 1980's BMW. Popayan gets a good billing in both of our guidebooks, but with cranes and bulldozers tearing up the main square of a 2 street town it's hard not to feel that today it's been slightly oversold.


It's an interesting time to be traveling in South America. All of the natural wonders are as they were, the people still friendly and the rhythm of life pounding away in the streets. But there are some large political changes going ...

... reachable by road and it is only 20m high. Yep, it has been totally tourist-ified. The tour company wasn´t as backpacker centered as i'd hoped...it was set up for package holiday tourists. Although it was an agonising hour, the time we spent going around the hotels in the newer side of Cartagena, picking up more people, was eye opening. We were staying right by the scenic old town for about $50 a week. They were in one of the myriad of all-inclusive resort ...

... their overhanging balconies and shady patios. I rented a room, which was more of a studio flat with kitchen, TV, living room, and was a pleasant place to stay which made me feel at home. The place was not even a hotel really but it was the only place that had room available at 7 am on a weekend in Cartagena. I found it thanks to a guy who helped me out after seeing me walking from hotel to hotel, apparently looking desperate and tired after the ...