Cartagena Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

I was happy with the Lost City photos and think we covered all the things we saw quite well. We took a bus from Teganga to Santa Marta to Cartagena. Whilst waiting at the bus stop we chatted to a friendly policeman and bought one of those half coconut shells filled with dulce de leche and sprinkled with sugar. I will miss them when we leave. I b...

Today I am writing from Cartagena, Columbia. I´ve been here for a week now, and I´m leaving for Panama on Sunday. The old area of the city is very beautiful. It reminded Michelle of Havanna, which I´ve never been to, but have heard from many people that it`s lovely. Cartagena reminded me of Quito, in the sense that the Old City is amazing, but t...

Two weeks have past with me here in Cartagena. This city is truly the most beautiful I have seen in South America. Located on the Caribbean, a steady easterly trade wind has blown daily. Days and nights are hot, and the ocean is even hotter. The barrio that is the old town is surrounded by a huge wall, built by the Spanish in the late 1500´s to ...

The very last days of our nine-and-a-half month adventure crept up on us so stealthily that it came as a shock: the realisation, as we rode the bus from Santa Marta to Cartagena (about 6 hours), that we were on our way to our final destination - the very last stop! - in our trip. We'd have to come to terms with it over the next four days, there'...

"Some feel the heat and decide that they can't go on Some like it hot, but you can't tell how hot 'til you try" It's hot as Hades up here. People were complaining about the Bogota weather, but I like 67 and partly cloudy. It must have been 85 at midnight last night. I'm taking a break from the heat for a mid-afternoon internet-siesta. Thursday m...