Cartagena arriving by bus does not look appealing, outside of the center its quite dirty and unattractive. From the bus station i took a taxi, 12,000 pesos, took about half hour to get to the centro, i got dropped off at Casa Viena, they have no rooms available but the woman there was kind enough to phone places for me around the area, Hotel marlin has one dorm bed available, a/c for 15,000 pesos, i checked it out and like it so I took it. Met my roomie CJ from OZ chubby talkative girl, looks a bit stuck up, then met Stefan and the last of my roomie, an Israeli dude who hardly talk. This guys friend is using our room to get ready for his flight to Bogota, changing, repacking, I stayed in the room
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