Cartagena, Colombia, South America I got to see some of Cartagena today, and it is really nice. The old town here is much more beautiful than the old town in Santa Marta. I walked around the city for a few hours and got to see a lot of the sights including some old churches, nice squares, and a walk along the city walls. I even got to stop and have lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, Hard Rock Cafe….
Cartagena, Colombia, South America I had a brilliant time diving in Taganga today! I got up early and walked down to the dive shop in Santa Marta. There was one other diver coming with me today to do his first open water dive, so we got a taxi from Santa Marta to the dive shop in Taganga. We met all the staff including my dive master for the day, Camila. All 15 of us hopped into the boat and we…
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…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had an awesome day in Villa de Leyva today! I had a great night’s sleep at Hotel El Solar, I got up early and had a good breakfast at a little cafe in town, and then went to the bike shop. I met Francisco, the owner of Ciclo Trips, and luckily he spoke english perfectly. He explained to me the best route for me to take the bike for a route that takes 3-4 hours….
Villa de Leyva, Colombia, South America I had a great day coming up north to Villa de Leyva today! I got up and left my hotel in Bogota at 7:30am, and they were nice enough to hang onto my big backpack for me while I’m gone. So I jumped on a Transmilenio bus heading north and got to Portal Del Norte bus station by 8:30am. I was hoping that it was going to be easy enough to find a bus…
Bogota, Colombia, South America I had my last day of class today, and it was the hardest one by far. We spent most of the class trying to differentiate between que and cual when asking a question. I think/thought they were the same as what and which in english, but it turns out there are all sorts of exceptions which make absolutely no sense to me. I’m just going to have to memorize these rules I guess and practice from…