Santa Marta, Colombia, South America I had a great night’s sleep last night, and woke up at 6:24am feeling excellent. I knew that if we wanted to go to one of the nicer restaurants tonight for dinner we had to book it and the reservation desk opens at 6:30am. For some reason, they don’t let you book a table for dinner the day before, you have to go on that morning, which is just so annoying. I figured that since…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America Last night was absolutely brilliant! We drank and danced until 3am with the live band, and then when they finished, we continued dancing on the beach until about 5am. All we were drinking was whiskey they whole night, so Melissa and I were definitely hammered, and slowly made our way back to the room where Luz Mery had left the door open for us. I don’t even remember going to sleep, but I can only…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America Today was an excellent day! We got a good night’s sleep and went out for a good breakfast at the buffet restaurant. After breakfast we went straight down to the beach and claimed a spot for us all to sit in the shade. We spent the rest of the day just relaxing by the beach and going for a swim. The water isn’t as clear as it was in Baru, but it is just as…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America I got up this morning at 7am, called Melissa and her mom and sister to make sure they were all awake, and then met up with them to play tennis. The only problem was that the two tennis courts were already taken. Fail. We asked if they knew how long they’d be playing for, and they said they had it reserved until 8am. We had been told at reception that you don’t have to book…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America I had an incredible day today! I got up and had breakfast at the hostel and got to Magic Tour by 8:30am. Hanan walked me down to the bus stop where I met the other 20+ people who were all coming on the same tour. Luckily I got a seat next to an Italian guy who spoke english, so we could chat a bit on the bus journey. It took about an hour for us…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America Today was just a chilled day in Santa Marta for me to get some things organized and recover from an awesome weekend. I hung out at the hostel and did some research on where I am going to go next. I was thinking about going north to a town called Rioacha, but it is really far out of my way, and from talking to a few other travelers at the hostel, and some tour guides,…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America Today was brilliant! I don’t know how it happened after all I drank last night, but I woke up at 10am without a hangover. I felt great this morning actually. We were late for breakfast, but the staff were nice enough to make us breakfast, which was exactly what we needed to start the day. We went back to get ready and pack up our things, and then we left the hotel at noon. We…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America Today. Was. Awesome. We started out with a great breakfast at the hotel, right next to the massive pool, and with a view of the beach. It was beautiful. We finished breakfast and headed out into the town of Santa Marta. We got a taxi to La Quinta de San Pedro, which is where Simon Bolivar lived and died. It was interesting to see where he lived, and how he lived, but the nicest thing…
Santa Marta, Colombia, South America I got up this morning after another great night’s sleep at Colombia at Home. This has been a brilliant place to stay. I can’t wait to come back here someday. I packed up my stuff and checked out and then went into the city. I’d been told that I needed to check out the Museo del Oro (Gold Museum), so I made sure to get there today. It was a pretty cool museum with a…