http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Colombia , Santa Marta , Taganga en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:01:00 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:01:00 BST 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 k http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-291375.html Warning This blog is about me doing nothing for a couple of days on the Colombian Carribean. After a pretty tiring 18 hour drive from Bogota we arrived in Santa Marta to be greeted by heat and humidity. With the temperature in the mid 30s and humidity pretty high the dusty city of Santa Marta was a bit of a shock after coming from Bogota in the mountains and off the air conditioned bus. At l http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-287318.html 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 a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-221336.html Howdy everyoneI am in Taganga right now it is a small town outside of Santa Marta at the northern tips of Columbia.I figure I should do a short update since I havent updated for a long time...well a lot of things have happened I would love to feed you on every single little one of them but it would take me days to put it into writing. I promise though that at a later date I will do a detai http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-218801.html 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.... semicircular 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 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-204691.html We managed to find our way to Taganga a small fishing viallage that is taken over by holidaymakers and tourists. Rather like when we lived in Taupo you left home during the holiday season because it went crazy.Our transport included a taxi to the bus station the taxi driver had no idea what our Spanish meant and he finally figured out our hand gestures and the odd word in the dictionary. We t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-178489.html TaganganbspSouth America raquonbspColombia raquonbspSanta Marta raquonbspTaganga By MickBJune 12th 2007. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-168564.html So........ my bag was stolen and we headed to the capital...Bogota to sort out a new passport at the embassy. Expecting a dirty sprawling city we were pleasantly suprised when we arrived at the sue hostal which would become the closest thing to home since we had left. Situated in the older part of the city spanish colonial style buildings colourful streets dotted with murals and some amazi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-153194.html After our stay in Cartagena next up was Santa Marta in on the Caribbean coast. There were a few reasons for us to decide to come here. First was the tour to Ciudad Perdida the lost city which is in the middle of nowhere in deep jungle like the name suggests. Built between the 11th and 14th century and then the people wiped out in the 16th century when the Spanish arrived. The trip takes a total http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-145143.html Bussimatkan Santa Martaan piti kest kolme ja puoli tuntia mutta jotenkin se venyi taas melkein viiteen tuntiin. Tuttu juttu ei haittaa menoa. Perille pstymme tarkoitus oli suunnata suoraan lheiseen kalastajakyln Tagangaan. Taksikuski yritti tiukasti saada meit kyytiins mutta ei suostuttu vaan kyseltiin mist lhtisivt kollektiivibussit. Ne lhti ihan vierest joten jtiin venailem http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-137640.html We were so frustrated with Cartagena by this point that we left on a Friday night. In the mist of the festive Christmas period when the some of the best DJs in the world Roger Sanchez Paul or Bob van Dyke Tiesco hadnt heard of him before but now it is non stop were in town and 4 different dance festivals were about to start We spend one night in Barranquilla to break up the trip. Thi http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Colombia/Santa-Marta/Taganga/blog-133773.html