Arriving in the rain was not the best introduction to Columbia, however once we eventually found transport, accommodation and sustenance, Cartegena proved to be lovely. Cartagena, a colonial walled city we’d heard highly of, is reminiscent of Havana - or what it would look like if reconstructed - filled with brightly coloured buildingz with wooden window shutters opening onto café filled plazas. We stay near the lovely Plaza de Trinidad in Getsemani neighbourhood just outside of the old city walls and spent our first day meandering our way through street markets, tourist shops, statues and some of the 6 miles of tenements. Local ice cream and coffee kept us going until the afternoon when we met with Rudi and our fellow sailors from the Baruffa to retrieve our passports (as thorough as Customs were with our
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