Over the Magdalena river to Cartagena

After our short stay in Mompós (Mompox), we spent almost another day travelling. However, it was quite an eventful journey: we had a colectivo taxi to another village on the swamp/Magdalena river. From there, a 10 person-chalupa took us over the swamp to a harbour town of Magangué. As you will see in one of the pictures, there is an ongoing effort to build bridges to connect more easily with road transportation. To be seen what that will do to sleepy Mompós and the wildlife.

From there, another bus ride was necessary. Waiting was made easier with fresh orange and lime juice which Bertram ordered using his growing Spanish skills. :-)

Now we are on the bus and hopefullyonly 2 more hours to get to Cartagena. Looking forward to swim in our nice Kartaxa Hotel (redeeming hotel loyalty points :-)).Read more