After a rather uneventful stop in Medellín, we decided we needed to hit the Caribbean Coast and get some much needed sun. We were relieved to get off our bus after 14 hours in antarctic conditions. The relief was short lived when we stepped out of the freezing bus into 35 degree heat and 80% humidity. The long pants, jumpers, scarves and beanies didn't help either.
Accommodation was hard to come by so we had booked only one night in a cute but air-condition-less hostel. Marc conveniently became sick and required some pampering and creature comforts to recover. This was when we booked ourselves in to the Charleston Hotel. Possibly one of the nicest places I have ever seen.
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| Our lovely hotel for two nights |
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| The internal courtyard, also where we had our delicious buffet breakfast with obligatory omelette station. |
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| The rooftop pool. |
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| View down to Bocagrande, the modern rich end of town. |
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| View into the walled city. |
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| The hotel at night |
The main thing to do in Cartagena is wandering inside the beautiful and historic walled city. And visiting a 15 metre "volcano" which spews up mud. So these are the two things we did! We were also lucky enough to meet up with a friend from work, Kate, and all her travelling buddies who we spent a few days with and travelled with them to Taganga.
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| The "volcano" or more just a hill with mud in it. |
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| Waiting my turn to enter to mud volcano, and questioning my sanity. |
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| Mud massage |
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| Being manoeuvred out of the way |
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| The aftermath |
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| Marc trying to get out, much harder than trying to get in. |
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| The mud was EVERYWHERE. |
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Post mud bath wash where nice women wash ALL the mud off you.
Left to right: Paul, Florian, Kate, Penny, Kurt, Marc, Leigh, Hannah |
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| Marc hanging out on the wall |
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| The wall, with the Caribbean on the left and the city on the right. |
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| Cafe del Mar bar which sits on top of the wall. |
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