Blogs from Taganga, Santa Marta, Colombia, South America - page 4

I received a little miffed comment from a Colombian blog reader about the “drug cartels, bandits & kidnappers” description in a previous blog…..so apologies to all Colombians who are in denial about their history, their current state of affairs & their potential future. No offence was intended. There are no terrorists; no one I know in this particular hostel has been robbed on the way to Playa Grande (twice) & kidnappings never happen…….here….ever……honest! Oh Fingerprinting your mail: Following on from how settled this country truly is & coupled with the fact that the weight involved in carrying a kilt, sporran & big heavy Scottish leather belt across Central America (where the reality is I’d never get to wear it - as it’s just too feckin damn hot) & the length of an Amazonian blowdart gun is ... read more

(Ser dokke at eg klarte aa faa alle mine fire spraak inn i overskrifta?) Hei paa dokke!!! No er vi i Santiago, Chile. Vi fekk ein turbulent start paa oppholdet her, daa eg vart tatt for smugling i sikkerthetskontrollen paa flyplassen. Eg tullar ikkje. Det er faktisk heilt sant. Men eg skal fortelle om det i neste reisebrev. No maa eg foerst konsentrere meg om Colombia og Venezuela. Eg trur eg trygt kan seie at Colombia og Venezuela representerar ytterpunkta i "favorittland"-lista vaar. Colombia er paa topp, medan Venezuela diverre har havna paa sisteplass. Kanskje noko urettferdig, daa vi kun fikk sett Caracas (hovudstaden) pluss reisa dit fraa grensa til Colombia. Landet har nok myyyykje meir aa by paa, men vi kan tross alt berre uttale oss utifraa det vi faar med oss. Cartagena Som vi ... read more

meine lieben, somit auch eigentlich schon ne weile in columbien.. (visum, visum) und auch schon einiges erlebt... hat einfach keinen bock mehr zu schreiben.. aber heut ist alles anders.. denn heut regnet es :-) also was ist passiert.. war da so in nem ollen naturpark.. war schoen.. gar fetzig.. da ich mich uberschnurren liess an einer sightseeing beach tour teilzunehmen... (idioten) auf jedenfall kam es dazu das ich in so eine nussschale eingestiegen bin, und mit der das offene meer ueberquert habe um zu diesem naturpark zu gelangen.. sagen wir mal so.. nach 5 min. hab ich realisiert das meine lebensretttungsveste sich nicht schliessen laesst, nach 10 minuten war meine kamera kaputt, da die wellen ins boot schwappten.. (man koennte auch sagen das boot wurde geflutet, weil wellen so hoch und boot so laecherlich) nach 15 ... read more

After a slow start Darragh, Sharyn and I made it to the bus station and onto a bus that was apparantly going directly to Santa Marta, about 4 hours north of Cartagena. It didn't take long for all of us to get comfortable and enjoy the chance to do nothing for 4 hours on the bus. Only a couple of hours later though we pull into a large town and were told bluntly to get off the bus and change to another smaller one......yes just another instance where they tell gringos whatever they want to hear. Again after a bus ride that took longer than expected we arrived in the bustling town of Santa Marta. Santa Marta is a large industrial port town with not a lot of interest for us so we jumped straight into ... read more

Taganga is a drowsy and someimes very noisy fishing town east of Santa Marta, that attracts scuba divers, snorklers and young hippies. Juice carts abound.... semi-circular restaurants vie for your custom and anyone who has something to sell will find you. Fishermen bring in a fresh catch daily. Many old barques lie picturesquely along the beach. Where I ate one day I was remembered the next mainly because I had brought in six other people. Cartagena had been left behind early Sunday morning in the driving rain. It had been raining for 16 hours. The streets were flooded. The friends who had brought me back to my hostel after Pablo's Birthday party were caught by a two foot increase of water in the street. They could not get past in any direction. They waited two hours. ... read more