Tayrona National Park

Before leaving to the national park, we had breakfast at the hostel and got some very tasty coffee, as we are pretty close to a coffee region. We also tried some fruits which we had bought at the market yesterday, but none of them met our expectations, and we were kind of suffering to finish them, but now we know, we are better off with bananas.
The weather is still crazy, we were already soaked by sweat on the bus.
We decided to take the longer route, which led over a mountain through the jungle. We both looked like we had taken a shower with clothes on, but we had beautiful views on the forest and mountains, saw some crazy trees and animals. Finally we arrived to the coast with a beautiful beach, where we cooled down a bit. We took the coastal trail back to the bus, which led us along some more beaches and beautiful views with the ocean, rocks and palm trees. We saw some monkeys and a sign warning about caymans. From the end of the trail we had to take a shuttle bus to the bus taking us back to Santa Marta, which was quite a wild ride, as 15 people were on the bus, which had a size of a van for 9. And people drive here crazily, loads of motorbikes, sometimes 3 or 4 people sitting on it, with babies, and luggage, trying to get through the traffic, everyone honking at each other.
The city was really packed, as today is the day of friendship and love, Valentine's Day of Colombia, with everyone selling flowers, balloons and gifts, and everything is decorated with heart-shaped stuff. Shops are open longer, this day is considered the fourth most important commercial day in Colombia.
After taking a shower we had dinner and went for a few drinks to discover the nightlife of Santa Marta. People were dancing on the streets, pubs and restaurants were full. We found a shady karaoke bar, where we were the youngest ones, and where almost everyone sang Spanish songs only.Read more