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Touring the islands

. A long time favourite for tourists in Cartagena: touring the islands. We thought it would be good after all. Well, it ended up a very touristy affair. Here we are at the harbour, ready to board our proud boat (« promène couillon » in Jeremie’s language)...

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10 mai 2007

La Bodeguita del Medio

Special ad for a Cartagena favourite. You can have dinner with Che and Fidel, or at least vintage photos of them, at la Bodeguita del Medio (Calle Santo Domingo, #33-81). The food is good, and the soup excellent!

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9 mai 2007

Enjoying Cartagena

. We start our day with the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas, the greatest and strongest fortress ever built by the Spaniards in their colonies. The original fort was constructed between 1639 and 1657 on top of the 40m high San Lazaro hill, and was quite...

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8 mai 2007

Streets of Cartagena

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7 mai 2007

Cartagena

Cartagena de Indias is fairy tale city of romance, legends and sheer beauty. Cobbled alleys, where enormous balconies are shrouded in bougainvillea and massive churches cast their shadows across leafy plazas. There are many open air cafes, prime viewing...

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6 mai 2007

A not-so-fascinating busy day

. This morning should not feature fascinating adventures. We are indeed about to experience Colombian bureaucracy. Well, I guess it is part of discovering a country. Because our travel dates had changed, my visa expires in a couple of days. Luckily, I...

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4 mai 2007

The Gold Museum

. The Gold Museum displays an extraordinary selection of its pre-Hispanic goldwork collection - the biggest in the world, boasting 33,000 individual pieces, from simple earrings to some of the most beautifully crafted masks and figures in the world. Together...

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3 mai 2007

This is Bogota!

. In the 1990's, Bogota was considered one of the most dangerous cities in Latin America. At one point it had a homicide rate of 80 per 100,000. Since then however Bogota has gone to great lengths to change its crime rate and its image. The change was...

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2 mai 2007

A Night Out

We call Jonathan and he comes to pick us up at our hostel. He lives close to Zona Rosa, the upper side of town, where most of the partying action takes place. He’s a bit surprised we stay at Candelaria. He thinks it’s not really safe at night, and far...

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1 mai 2007

A long journey

. The way to Colombia was not the most direct route you could imagine to take. Jérémie left a week earlier to go to a seminar in Senegal. I also left Goma a week earlier for Tanzania, by road, for a regional meeting. A promising start considering the...

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