Thursday, April 26, 2012

Paradise at 6 months?


Welcome to Paradise aka Cartagena, Colombia.  We have had an amazing trip so far, that I am sure no one would doubt BUT we have not found a single place that we truly love until now.  We LOVE Cartagena.  If someone would give us jobs, we would live here.  I def need to work on my tan so I fit in a bit more, haha.

Cartagena is a colonial city completley surrounded by walls.  The architecture is amazing.  Every street is narrow with amazing wood balconies and flowers hanging off of them.  They have crazy iron doors and amazing plazas.  And then to top it off it has a Caribbean vibe with fresh fruits everywhere and the majority of the people laying around at the beach.

We spent our six month anniversary here -- can you believe it has been six months?!  Crazy!! We spent the day swimming in the sea and spent the evening strolling around the maze of streets in the Old City.  We ended the night with a horse drawn carriage ride around the city.  :)

We have been here for about 1 week so far and def plan to come back.  However we want to make it to the most northern part of Colombia and the most northern part of the continent.  It is known for crystal clear waters, brilliant white sand beaches and.... kitesurfing.  We are going to be completely out of touch for the next week or so, living in a beach bungalow with electricity for only a few hours at night, no internet, etc etc.  We are planning to make it to the most northern tip of South America which after going to the most southern tip (Cape Horn, Chile) is pretty cool to us.



An example of some of the amazing statues around the city

The Plaza de Aduanas at night... so quiet!

Enjoying a beer in front of the church in the main plaza

Anniversary horse drawn carriage ride

Happy 6 months!

One of the many plazas

Arrrrgggggghhhhh

There are so many boutique hotels here... 

Street Performers

Merman. Merman.

Im sexy and I know it

Sweet Ride

Pirate Ship

The Old City
Finally at the beach...with the cold weather behind us! Yay!!!

2 comments:

  1. I keep checking to see some updates! Get off the beach and get back on the computer and let us know what crazy stuff you have been up to. :)

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