Day 331

Colombia, the land of salsa, Shakira and lots of plastic body parts.....

16.12.2007 33 °C

Back in Colombia we booked flights straight to Cartagena, on the caribbean coast and completely the other end of the country.

We can honestly say that Cartagena is the most romantic and colonially stunning city in South America. The old part of the city is incredibly well kept and seems to not have changed much since the 16th century. The old city is ringed by a wall that used to protect the city from pirate attacks.

The only downside to Cartagena is that it lacks good beaches, so we took a boat out to some small islands in the Caribbean. We rented some hammocks and slept on the beach for a few days, it was truly idyllic!!!

The nightlife begins very late in Colombia, and seems slow to warm up but when it does, it is hot!!! Some of these people really now how to shake, as Shakira says "the hips don´t lie!!!".

For our last few days in Cartagena we decided to spoil ourselves and we booked into a hotel on a private island facing the city...

Colombian women seem to have really taken to plastic surgery, just walking around it is impossible to count how many fake breasts you see, I tried and Irgen thought it was funny (incredible, my wife actually letting me count breasts!!!)

We flew down to Bogota and stayed in the old part of the city, right in the centre.

There is a strong police and military presence in the city, this makes you feel safer and more at danger at the same time, I suppose that they are there for a reason.