Cartagena - Arrival & Exploring

Up early and after an entertaining ride in morning Bogota peak hour traffic we boarded our flight to Cartagena. I had some spectacular views of the Colombian landscape and Cartagena from the plane. Stepped out into 32 degrees and 80% humidity which was a bit of a shock at first.

Cartagena is a large metropolis which even has a Gold Coast style strip of high rise apartments. We are staying in the old part of the city which was founded in 1533. This area is surrounded by a city wall and towers. The streets are very narrow with Colonial architecture and the odd shady square.

Our accommodation wasn't ready but we could get changed and leave our bags there so we went for a walk along the wall and around town, had lunch and got back about 2:30pm.

Everyone had a dip in the pool and relaxed for a bit. Then we got ready for our special dinner (more on that later).Read more