Arriving at our accommodation. Jen mentioned in yesterday’s entry that we arrived in the rain. That would be an understatement. However, today dawned the complete opposite. Lovely and sunny and all that was left were puddles ankle deep in the road down to the hotel. We have now been in…
Saturday, Santa Marta We didn’t do a blog yesterday, as our fifth day in Santa Marta was developing into a routine with little of interest to report. As Dennis had decided his wardrobe wasn’t up to scratch, we went to the more modern, retail area of town. Now in possession…
Developments. Jen received a message yesterday morning from IVSS, the UK shipping agents, telling us that the new anticipated date of arrival for Poki, into Cartagena, is now… wait for it… 25th August. A week earlier. Hallelujah!! Retail therapy. Much of yesterday was spent exploring more of the city. It’s…
In Santa Marta Old Town We were the last people for breakfast. Only emerging onto the rooftop restaurant just before 9.30. I don’t think we were very popular with the staff. Pleasingly is was fine and sunny. It remained this way almost all day. Just the odd drop of rain…
A mixed bag of a day and not a lot to report so, we’ll fall back on some history of this place, to make an entry worth reading, hopefully? We’ve been in Colombia 11 days already!! Santa Marta was the first Spanish city in South America and is Colombia’s oldest…
Journey from Cartagena On our way at 9am, Dennis was able to flag down a taxi to take us to the bus station quite quickly. Buying tickets was also easy. We had to show our passports and our names and passport? details were recorded on the tickets. Rather than getting…
As Jen mentioned, our new temporary residence is nothing glamorous, however the sleeping quarters are larger and brighter. Wifi is better too. The aircon works fine and we have a shared kitchen to prepare and cook food. What else could we possible wish for…? Just one thing…Poki..:) It’s a 3…
I’m afraid today was also pretty much a non-event. Neither of us had any energy. Dennis is recovered from his attack of Montezuma’s revenge, but somewhat drained. It didn’t help that there was a power cut during the night, resulting in a loss of air conditioning and a night too…
Montezuma features in today’s blog. Oh! it was a long time ago but his deeds live on, in microbia. A juice cocktail with the previous night’s meal started to impact during the early morning, and the day ended in a blur, for us both. It wasn’t till Jen, who wasn’t…
Cartagena Despite arriving in Cartagena from Bogota late at night, the first noticeable difference was the heat. It’s very hot and more humid here. The day time temperature today is 31 degrees. Casa Moraira. We are staying at Casa Moraira, another boutique hotel in the old part of the city,…