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    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      Day 135

      The Sunday Parade

      February 11, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Richer from the experience of the day before, we had a clear plan in mind for the day. We started off earlier around 11 am as planned. This day we decided to go further up on Via 40, directly where the palcos were. There were vendors selling caps, foams etc on the street side. We entered the public area and started going from one palco to another exposing ourselves to various touts so we could pitch them against each other. We had also planned our location well. We wanted to be nearer the start of the parade since the day before when we were in the middle of the Via 40,we had realized that a lot of groups would get tired dancing in the searing sun by the time they reached our seats. But, we didn't want to be right at the start since most groups would have be trying to get organized in their dances etc.
      Keeping that in mind, we marked 3-4 palcos where we would try and get our tickets and this day we decided to get into the palcos since they afforded a better view of the parade.
      Keeping all these factors in mind, we managed to pitch a few touts against each other and negotiate the price down from 60000 COP to 25000 COP per person in one of the palcos right in the front row at a nice elevated position above the Via 40 road. Our palco even had a live band that kept is entertained till the parade started. They even gave us free coffee, caps, bags and some snacks being sponsored by a local pub. We were extremely happy with the deal and our place and the live band was quite useful since the parade started at 2:30 pm about 1.5 hours later than scheduled 😎      Read more

    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      2
      Day 133

      To San Roque church

      February 9, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      From the market, I walked N-S again towards the San Roque church. This place had the feel of a typical street market in any old Indian town. There were streets each catering to a different item.. there was a bicycle street, an electronic and electricals street, shoes, clothes, everything being sold by street vendors.
      San Roque was a beautiful gothic church with big open spaces and plazas around.      Read more

    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      2
      Day 133

      Local Market Barrio Abajo

      February 9, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      A few kms from the venue for the night was the local market of Barrio Abajo. It was a colorful crowded place with street vendors selling various wares. A lot of them had updated their stock to sell items for the carnival. There were foam sprays, bunting bursts, tshirts, pants, dresses one could buy there, all items one could use during the carnival. It was a place to people watch and shop till you drop. Bargaining was a norm and I learnt to wait and watch how much the locals paid for various things before going in and doing my own bargaining and purchases. I managed to buy a few tshirts for a very cheap price. I was all set for the carnival now.. except maybe a good hat 😎
      The local market was spread over 20-30 streets N-S and E-W. Where the market ended was the beautiful San Nicholas church.      Read more

    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
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      Day 133

      Carnival ready

      February 9, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

      After San Nicolas, I started walking E-W past more street shops and kiosks. I even tried the Churros being made fresh on one of the street side handcart.
      A churro is a fried-dough pastry—predominantly choux—based snack. Churros are traditional in Spain and Portugal - from where they originate - as well as the Philippines and Ibero-America.
      There were fruit vendors, flower vendors and I even managed to find a hats wholesaler/manufacturer. I managed to bargain a Colombian hat for 10000 COP. The normal selling price was 30000 COP and none of the sellers I had tried bargaining with earlier had gone below 20000 COP so I was quite pleased.
      Now, I was ready for the carnival 😁😁😁      Read more

    • MochileAndes
      11
      Day 139

      Carnaval de Barranquilla

      March 4, 2019 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      2 jours de fête dans le deuxième plus grand carnaval de l’Amerique du Sud après Rio.
      On commence par un magnifique défilé (qui dure 4h!) et on fini en beauté dans la plus grosse fête de Colombie.

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    • KOLO-RICA
      31
      Day 35–37

      BARRANQUILLA

      April 5 in Colombia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      In Barranquilla haben wir so richtig nur einen ganzen Tag verbracht und haben nicht viele Fotos geknipst, sorry an die Community. Die Stadt hat uns trotz vieler Nicht-Empfehlungen und Verschmähungen in den einschlägigen Reiseführern sehr gut gefallen. Wir haben uns aber auch nur in den reicheren und nicht so gefährlichen Vierteln aufgehalten. Da Lili im Tayrona Park ein Paar Schuhe von Mike verloren hat (hatten wir so auch nicht auf der Urlaubsbingoliste) wollten wir unseren Barranquilla Aufenthalt nutzen und sind während der bratenden Mittagshitze in die Mall gegangen, um nach Wanderschuhen für Mike Ausschau zu halten. Letztendlich haben wir Decathlon Equipment ausprobiert, Leute geguckt (es war Samstag und gefühlt alle Leute mit Kohle waren shoppen) und ein neues Trikot vom örtlichen Verein „Athlético Junior“ für Mike erworben. Schuhe gab‘s leider keine passenden. Am Abend haben eure Lieblings-Almans dann die Shakira Statue besucht. Diese steht direkt am Rio Magdalena und dort ist eine riesige Fläche, die komplett freizeitlich genutzt wird. Dort kann man entspannt was trinken, Volleyball spielen, Inliner fahren oder erneut unserer Lieblingsaktivität nachgehen: Leute gucken 🌚 Da mal mitschreiben Berlin! Anschließend haben wir uns natürlich pflichtbewusst das Spiel unseres neuen Lieblingsvereins angeguckt. Wir haben eine 1:4 Klatsche kassiert aber waren durch Mikes neues Trikot trotzdem irgendwie Teil der Menge und nicht nur die Gringos deren meist gesagter Satz „No hablo espanõl“ lautet. Danach wollten wir auf den Schock der demütigenden Niederlage noch irgendwo entspannt draußen sitzen und was trinken, aber das ist hier irgendwie leider kaum möglich da entweder die Musik ohrenbetäubend laut ist (den Menschen hier scheint das komplett egal zu sein) oder die Sitzmöglichkeiten drinnen sind und da durch die Klimaanlage arktische Temperaturen herrschen. Schlussendlich haben wir am Späti gecornert und einfach mal wieder Leute geguckt. Am nächsten Morgen haben wir entspannt ausgeschlafen und uns aufgemacht zu unserem letzten Stopp vor Costa Rica 🔥Read more

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    • TravelerLatinoamerica
      Day 13

      Carnaval 🥱

      March 26, 2022 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Por le COVID, el Carnaval del 2022 se pasó de Febrero a Abril y en cuanto me enteré, cambié todos mis planes para ir. El carnaval de Barranquilla es el segundo mas grande de América Latina después del de Salvador de Bahia, y según dicen, de los más imponentes.

      Lamento desilusionarlos a todos, ya que después de haber ido, creo que el de Gualeguaychu es mejor...

      No se si fue falta de organización, o el calor, pero la gente tenía menos onda que un renglón, había mucho robo y realmente no había tanta gente. Pagué una fortuna por el vuelo y para quedarme con Ali y sus amigas, pero terminó estándo bastante divertido. Vivi, una de las amigas de Ali, estudia música y en particular, cumbia y chambeta colombiana, así que nos llevó a un montón de fiestas aparte, que nos hicieron el día.

      Al final de nuestros día ahí, me tomé un bus hacia Santa Marta, mi nuevo destino.      Read more

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    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      2
      Day 131

      Start of the party time

      February 7, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

      Back at the hostel, I was preparing to sleep when Brian our 24 year old owner of the hostel came over and offered to take me along with the rest of the people at the hostel to a club where they were having the carnival pre-party. We packed ourselves in his car and went to the Michaelangelo club. It was a fun night out. There were people wearing costumes and dancing to the loud beats of the latino music. I also got introduced to all the inmates of the hostel while we danced together. We returned back at 1 am. So much for an early night 😁😁Read more

    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      2
      Day 132

      Coronación Reina del Carnaval

      February 8, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ 🌙 26 °C

      The Crowning of the Carnival Queen. During this show, the previous carnival queen crowns the current carnival queen, amid a party with full of dancing and music. The candidate crowned as the carnival queen is that one showing excellent dancing skills, charisma and carnival spirit to the 11 members of the carnival board, who privately meet annually and elect the queen six months before the beginning of the carnival.

      The show is a marathon of dancing styles, and it has become the most demanding test for the carnival queen over time, because during which the carnival queen has to demonstrate her dancing skills by gracefully dancing a myriad of musical genres, such as cumbia, salsa, merengue, champeta, mapalé, etc. This year, the show even had Indian dance as one of the genres. This show is accompanied by members from some of the most important dancing groups participating in the carnival and by national and international singers.      Read more

    • The Craze for TravellingThe South American Odyssey
      2
      Day 134

      Tickets for the Saturday Parade

      February 10, 2018 in Colombia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      The parade was set to begin at 1 pm along the Via 40 street. I had tried to enquire on the evening before about the time, the cost of the tickets and where to get them. Interestingly, none knew where to buy the tickets. For the time, they suggested going around 11 am to get good places. The owner of my hostel also suggested that instead of the palcos that were quite expensive, we could look for places organized by private people. These, people normally put up plastic chairs just behind the barrier and are much cheaper than the palcos (balconies). Armed with this information, we had agreed to meet at a junction nearby and from there, go on together to Via 40 which was about 700 mts away from there.
      In the morning, Hristo messaged and informed that the person at the reception had mentioned that he could arrange the tickets for the parade for 75, 000 COP per person. That offer did seem tempting considering that the entry for the Crowning of the Carnival Queen had been 100,000 COP per person. But, we had realized than that there was a cheaper (free) entrance as well so, it could also be possible that the parade too had a free/cheap place. We decided not to buy the tickets for him. When we met at the junction, we discussed this again. It was almost 12 pm. All the good places if they were free or cheap would have been taken up by now. We decided to buy the tickets from the guy at the hotel reception. Hristo was to run back, buy the tickets, while Maria and I would continue to Via 40 and then we would sync up after Hristo had the tickets and knew which place to go to. Maria didn't want us to split up and put her foot down firmly thats we'll all be together and go to the Via 40 amd when a woman does that, you've gotta listen 😁😁
      We all went to the Via 40 together. There were barricades everywhere and the police was searching and checking tickets. They had separate ques for men amd women. I was 1st in the que among the 3 of us. They checked my bag and let me in. No one asked for any tickets. Behind me, Hristo was stopped and asked if he had the tickets. He just pointed to me and was let in. Maria too was searched in the women's que and then asked if she had the ticket. She pointed to both of us and was let in 🤔
      Inside the barricade, there were touts selling tickets. Some of them at 60000 COP, some for 40000 COP. We couldn't really figure out why we were let in without the tickets and what tickets these touts were selling. There was an "official looking" ticket counter next to the barricade. We went and had a look. They were selling tickets for 30000 COP and a combo ticket for 2 days (Saturday and Sunday) for 50,000 COP.
      We just ignored all the touts and continued inside towards the Via 50. Just near the main road, we were stopped by a police guy who singled us out from the whole crowd moving in. He asked for our tickets and on telling we don't have any, asked us to go back to the barricades and go over to the other side of the partition barricade. We asked him where we could buy the tickets, for which he told that this area was reserved for the Navy and the entry was with passes only and that we could get the tickets on the other side.
      Something didn't really add up.. The people around us didn't really look like from the navy and what about the tickets being sold near the entry barricades or by the touts. 🤔 In any case, we didn't have an option since the police guy wasn't leaving us, so we walked back towards the entrance. Just before the entrance, we saw an opening in the partition barricade, where we could cross over to the other side. We crossed over and found ourselves in an area with a lot of private tents with plastic chairs selling the places from 30000 COP to 40000 COP per place. We continued walking along from one tent to another, checking out the prices and places. At the end of this private area, the area for the private balconies started. These were raised platform with chairs to sit on. Each palco had its own entrance and tickets. There were touts selling tickets to the various numbered palcos at different prices but most of them were quoting prices from 100,000 to even 300,000. After walking around for another 10 min, we decided that of we could get a front row seat in one of the private tents, it would be a much better deal than paying 100,000 for a slightly raised seat, that too quite behind since the palcos were already filling up fast. So, we negotiated a price of 70,000 COP for the 3 of us and found a place in the second row in one of the private area. There were people sitting on the floor in front of us but we still had an amazing view.      Read more

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