Santa Marta

We finally have some firm(ish) shipping dates, so we turn around and head back down the coastline towards Cartagena. On the way back we stop at the port city of Santa Marta. The city centre is surprisingly quiet for a week day, until we find out that it is a public holiday (Colombia has an impressive 18 public holidays each year, including this one - Assumption Day). Everyone is at the beach and the lack of life during the day is more than made up for in the evening.Read more