Toi dap xuong Cartagena luc 12;30AM khuya ngay 8-19-2106. Toi khong co dat khach san truoc vi toi nghia rang di vao ban dem khuya nhu vay toi se ngu bat cu noi nao gan phi truong nhat . Mac dau the toi da research truoc va dinh o khach san ma toi biet gan phi truoc nhat theo internet. Trong dem khuya nhung dan chung van con thuc va toi loi bo den khach san ma van thay an ninh.
Sang hom sau toi di bo ra bai bien gan do. Noi day thay binh yen. It nguoi. Sau do toi muon taxi di ra old towm cua Cartagena. Tren duong di den Old town cach phi truong khoang 7km. Toi thay dan chung cung du khach di bo trong nhung khu phu xinh san day cua hang rat la mat. The walled city. Thanh pho co Cartagena nam ben trong buc tuong . Toi xuong di bo theo ho. Pho xa day du
nkhach Au Chau va canh tuong nay nhu o Havana va thanh phu o Auchau. Toi rat thich khu pho cu nay. Dan o day hien lanh moc mac va hieu khach. Rat an ninh hon la toi thay o Bogota. O day co bai bien voi khach san tren strip cua bai bien nhu o Cancun nhung toi khong co thi gio di den. Dan Au cHau thuong den day de nghi he. Den 3Pm thi toi phai tre ve khach san de ra phi truong di den San Andres noi ma toi muon den. Cartagena toi da den cach day 7 nam bang du thuyen nhung toi khong co dip di den Old town nhu lan nay va trong chuyen di nay toi den day vi stop over cua chuyen bay cho khong co y dinh den day nhung toi rat thich thanh pho Cartegena nay neu co dip toi se den day nua.
Toi khoi hang di San Andres luc 4:30Pm va den SanAndres luc 5:30Pm. O phi truong Cartagena ho kiem soat rat ky ngay ca hang ly goi ho cung bat du khach dung ben canh khi h xet. Ngay ca ho liem soat
Passport. Toi rat ngac nhien ve viec nay vi San Andres cung thuoc ve Colombia. Sau nay toi moi biet ho lam vay vi San Andres chi la thuoc dia cua Colombia ma khong la phan dat cua Colombia. Nguoi ban xu Colombia ra dao san Andres cung phai co Tourist card va muon o lau dai va lam viec tai San Andres phai co giay phep. Toi khong co tourist card vi o phi truong Cartegena khong ai yeu cau toi lam giay nay. Khi toi den San Andres nhan vien di tru hoi thi toi noi la toi transit vi hom sau toi roi dao va ho chap nhan.
Toi den San Andres luc 5:30Pm va cung bi kham xet Passport nhu vao mot nuoc khac. Toi cung khong dat khach san truoc va toi biet rang gan phi truong chac chan se co khach san vi phi ntruong nam trong thanh pho. Toi loi bo va tim ra khach san cach phi truong khoang 1km. Noi day la vung old town voi dan dia phuong cung hang quan ke can ma toi thich de tim hieu de vui thu cung dan dia phuong. Toi khong thich
o khach san sang trong cach xa dan dia phuong khong hoc hoi duoc gi. Theo chuong btrinh toi dinh muon xe di phan nua cua dao roi hom sau 8-20 toi se di tiep phan con lai roi ra phi truong ve lai My luc 11:50AM. Nhung vi troi bat dau toi nen toi nghi di khong duoc bao lau va ban dem khong thay duoc gi nhieu nen toi danh de ngay mai di. That su toi nghi neu co the toi se doi ngay ve lai de o day them vai ngay nua vi noi day la Biosphere Unesco nen rat dac biet. Khi o My truoc khi di toi coi y dinh nay vi noi day la hon dao dac biet ma o co 14Hrs tu 5:30Pm den 11:30 Am hom sau thi khong du ti nao. . Khi o Cartegena toi hoi hang toi di Copa thi ho noi neu toi doi ngay ve den 8-25 thi toi phai tra then 1,100. Toi khong tin nhu vay vi gia round trip toi di den day bang ½ gia tien do. Den khi toi check in o Cartagena de di den San Andres thi ho noi
phai tra them 200 do. Toi tin nhu vay vi reasonable.
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San Andres vay quanh boi coral reefs, cays, geysers va coves. Ke luon cays, reefs, atolls, sand Banks thi tong so dien tich la 57km2. Thuoc ve Santa Catalina, Colombia. Co 67 ngan dan song tai day. Cach Colombia mainland 750km va cach Nicaragua 200km vi the ma Nicaragua hien dang danh chu quyen tren dao nay. Nhieu du khach ngai den day vi nghi rang khong an toan nhu o Colombia mainland nhung o day rat an ninh.
Nam 2000 dao nay duoc Unesco cong nhan la di san the gioi la Unesco Biosphere Reserve voi ten la Seaflower Biosphere Reserve gom dao nay va 10% cua Caribbean sea chung quanh dao nay len den tong so dien tich la 300,000km2.
Nhung cays vong quanh San Andres la Johnny Cay, Cotton Cay, Acuario Cay, Haynes Cay, Rocky Cay.
Toi den dao San Andres luc 5:10Pm bay tu Cartegena. Khi roi phi truong Cartegene ho kiem soat rat ky. Hanh ly check in ho bat mo ra kiem soat ky truoc khi mang len may bay, lan dau tien toi travel
thay nhu vay. Toi hoi thi ho noi la moi phi truong luat le khac nhau. Toi ngac nhien khi den phi truong San Andres toi phai trinh Passport mac dau bay tu Cartegena thuoc Colombia den San Andres cung thuoc Colombia. Say nay toi moi biet la o San Andres lich su la mot dao doc lap sau nay Colombia chiem dong va noi day muoc duy tri su doc lap nay nen kiem soat nguoi ra vao day. Ngay ca dan Colombia tu dat lien den day o phai xin phep va phai duoc chap nhan moi duoc o lau dai.
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Toi hen tai xe taxi den cho toi di vong dao tu 6AM den 10:30AM roi sau do cho toi ra phi truong ve My. 6AM tai xe taxi den, ong ta dua toi den noi co Rocky Cay ngoai xa. Tai xe noi Toi co the loi bo tu bo den Rocky Cay cach bo khoang 1.5km. Nuoc ngay khoang ngang nguc. Toi rat hung thu vi la lan dau tien di tu dao nay qua dao khac bang cach lo bo nhu vay. Toi den Rocky Cay khoang 15’ sau
do . Toi leo leo dao va di bo mot vong may koang 2’ vi dao nho sau do toi loi nuoc tro ve San Andres. Sau do tai xe dua toi den vung ma cach day 2 nam giong to da lam nuoc dang cao va keo di cat ma dan lang lay tu bai bien len de xay nha. Theo ong do luat tuan hoan cua tao hoa. Dan lay cat cua thien nhien len lam nha thi gio day thien nhien lay lai. Ke tiep ong dua toi den Blow hole rat hay gio tu hole thoi len rat manh va toi dung o mieng hole phai bat ra. Sau do toi di den West View. Toi xuong snorkel va rat nhieu ca dep va to ma toi rat thich nhung vi khong co thi gio ben toi chi snorkel co 15’. Tu day ong ta dua toi den Morgan cave. Day la cave nho khong co gi dac biet. Tu day ong ta dua toi den Big Pond . Pond nay co ca sau nho va nuoc rat dut. Sau do ong ta dua toi den old church de toi leo len tren tung cao xem
canh toan dao nhung church dong cua nghi trua nen chung toi tro ve phi truong.
Nguoi tai xe taxi noi tieng ANh rat ranh va toi ngac nhien dieu nay vi toi thay da so dan Bogota rat it nguoi noi tieng Anh. Chi o khach san. La mot trong nhung nuoc ma toi thay dan toc it noi tieng Anh nhat. Toi hoi thi duoc biet la the he cua ong, nam nay ong 56 tuoi, la the he gia song trong thoi ky le thuoc nuoc ANh nen nguoi gia o day noi tieng ANh rat kha nhu nguoi gia o Viet nam noi gioi tieng Phap la chuyen thuong. Con nhung nguoi tre nhu con ong dieu noi tieng Spanish. Con dan Colombia bi Spain cai tri nen chi biet noi tieng Spainish ma it nguoi noi tieng ANh la vi the. Dan toi o San Andres ho khong muon le thuoc Colombia va ho muon duoc doc lap nhu cac dao khac o Caribbean. Ho noi ho khong la nguoi Colombian. Da so dan o day 67 ngan dan dieu biet nhau nen ong ta noi ai lam bay da so moi nguoi dieu
biet nen it ai dam lam bay. Ngay ca ngoai tinh de bi phat giac. Ong ta cho do la khuyet diem co mot dao nho. Vo ong ta la nguoi ma ong ta biet tu con be va cung di hoc chung. Toi noi da so o dao nay nhu vay thi chac it co viec li di vi hoc o cung mot lich su cung ki niem lau dai. Nhung ong ta noi ly di o dao nay cung nhieu. Da so dan o day song bang ky nghe du lich va sau do la danh ca. Ong ta lam chu chiec xe cua ong. Ong noi o day mua xe rat re vi xe phe thay ti Miami, My dua sang.
San Andres, Providencia va Santa Catalina cung mot department.
Tu day toi tro ve phi truong de tro ve My. Toi co y dinh la hoi ho doi ve ve My thi ho noi duoc chi ton $85 nen toi doi ve de o lai day 5 ngay nua den 8-25-16 moi ve. Trua hom do toi den harbor nam canh bo bien den di Swimming voi Sting Ray luc 2pm. Ho dua nhom
da so la dan Colombian di qua cac mangrove roi den noi co sting ray de boi voi sting ray. Toi duoc dip holding sting rau nhu toi da lam o dao khac o dao Antiqua. Tu day ho dua chung toi den Rose cay va Haynes Cay goi chung la Aquario cay. 2 cays nay noi lien nhau bang 1 khoang loi nuoc va ray dep. O day co nhieu ca. Ho cho ca an va snorkel thay ca dep va lon. Den 6pm thi ho cho chung toi vao bo. Sau do toi di tour Noche Blanka. Tour nay tu 7Pm den 11Pm . La dinner va music tour . Ho dua chung toi di di ra ngoai khoi va co nhieu man vu dan toc va sau do cho an uong. Toi tro vao bo khoang 11PM.
8-21-2016 San Andres, Aquario and Johnny cays
Sang nay theo chuong trinh toi se di Aquario and Johnny cays nhu toi muon di het cac cays o day vi toi o them den 5 ngay. Cay o day rat gan bo khoang 1,2,3 km nen gia di cay cung rat re. Ho dua du khach ra do roi
sau do ra ruoc ve ngoai tru Swimming voi sting ray thi ho di theo luon. Gia di cac cay thuong la $25,000 hay khoang $9. Ho dua toi den Cay hom qua ma toi da den do la Aquario cay. Da so du khach di cac tour nay la dan Colombian it co dan Au Chau. Dan Au chau thich di snorkey, diving…co ve mao hiem hon. Con dan dia phuong thi thich di tam bien. Sau khi swimming o Aquario xong ho dua chung toi di den Johnny Cay nam ngoai xa o cach West end khoang 2 km. Song to lam thuyen giao dong manh moi nguoi nga nghien. Johnny cay rat dep va toi rat thich vi day da dep. Toi co nhac 1 hon da ve lam ky niem. Toi thich thu vi su hinh thanh long bien tai day. Long bien la da to thay vi cat o nhieu noi. Dao nay cung co bai cat de tam va de thuyen dau. Toi loi bo di tren nhung tang da lon quanh dao. Nhung con song lon dap vao bo va duoc canh cao la khong duoc boi ra xa.
nua la thuyen den ruoc toi vao bo. Toi xuong tam cung dan dia phuong va chung kien buoi tam vui nhon nhat tu truoc den nay. Dan o day tam o bai cat ben trong xa hon chut nua khoang 10ft nuoc ngang nguc la nhung tang da lon vav tang con song lon dap vao bo voi nuoc trong xanh lam moi nguopi lang lon va cuoi ngat. Khong ai tam tren bai bien nay ma khong cuoi vi bi song bien dap lam lang lon nen toi dat ten cho bbai bien nay la Happiest Beach on Earth. Nhat la dam tre bi song bien dap manh roi ho pham bam viu vao nhieu khong can biet nguoi ben canh la ai. That thich thu. Toi thich thu quan sat moi ba ngoi tam bien trong can vbi bi song danh nen lang lon ne cuoi ngat va vua ngoi vung thi con song ke tiep dap manh vao nguoi va lai lang lon nua va ba tiep tuc cuoi nhu tre con. Toi thich thu tam o bai bien nay vi rat vui. Khong cuoi khong duoc. Dac biet La nuoc rat trong nen rat sach.
Toi loi ra xa de snorkel voi nhieu ca lon nhung song lam toi lang lon tren nhung tang da lon, doi khi cuon ra xa.
Den 5Pm thi thuyen den dua chung toi vao bo. Tren duong vao bo toi thay bmot thuyen bi lat chim va tat ca thuyen khac toi tiep cuu. Toi rat cam kich ve hanh dong rat nhan ban nay.
Bay gio toi moi biet khach san toi nam ben khu du lich khoang xa chi khoang 1km. Toi di dai theo bai bien co nhieu nguoi tu hop lai tu bieu chieu den khuya de hong gio bien , de ca hat tren bai cat. O day co nhieu pho xa nhon nhip va di bo rat thich va nguoi di bo rat dong. Da so la dan Au Chau. Co nhieu dai khach san nam canh bo bien va toi di doc theo bo bien nay de biet khi hau ve dem co San Andres ma toi rat thich.
8-22-16 San andres
Sang nay toi dinh mua ve di den dao Providencia vi di Xa nen toi muon di truoc. Toi ready de di den office
mua ve di tuy nhien ho noi phai mua ve truoc it nhat 1 ngay. Do do toi tro ve va di tour vong dao bang thuyen luc 9AM. Khi toi den co le khong ai di va ho cho toi di snorkel va toi cung san sang di theo ho. Ho du ara vung bai cat nam giau bien co nhieu Stringray de snorkel. Tu day ho dua den giua bien sau 10m de snorkel voi nhieu ca lon va rat nhieu corol dep. Sau cung ho dua den vung bien ho goi la under water Museum vi duoi long bien co nhieu tuong nhbu bla vien bao tang. Den 5Pm ho dua chung toi ve port. Tren duong di ve song bien lon va tau chay nhanh lam nuoc tung vao thuyen moi nguoi deu uoc ca nguoi. Day la chuyen tau di lan dau tien ma toi tay nguy hiem nhu vay vi toi so tau bi lat vi nhat nho len xuong ca 10ft. Hom qua khi di ve tu Johnny Cay toi chung kien 1 tau cho du khach bi lat vi song to. Nhung Jetsky tu bo chay nhanh den cuu va tau toi
dang di cung the. Toi moi thay tinh nguoi o day rat tham thiec va dang ca ngoi. Toi hoi thi khong co ai bi thuong nhe hay nang. Hom nay chanh quyen cam khong co tau be ra Johnny Cay.
Vi con som nen toi di ngang qua cho muon xe gan may va muon muon xe chay vong dao hom nay va ngay mai. Gia muon la $100,000 hay $35/ngay. Toi muon va dau xe ngaoi pho di mua gift thi bi canh sat keo xe ve tram. Toi danh phai nho chu xe thay xe khac. Ho cung tot va thay xe khach cho toi. Nguoi cho thue xe noi 10Am hom sau se thay xe tot cho toi vi ho khong con xe tot nen dua x ecu cho toi. Toi noi toi di x ecu duoc . Deu nay cho thay dan o day rat tot. Troi toi khong di dau duoc nen toi dinh sang som se di vong dao. Toi dinh ghe lai West Viev de enjoy ca tai bay nay.
8-23-2016 San Andres
Toi dinh hom nay di vong dao mac dau ngay dau tien toi da muon taxi
di va hom nay muon di chi tiec hon vi hom do chi di 3hrs ½ ma thoi vi ngay hom sau toi da di dao Providencia va ngay 8-25 ve va ra phi truong luon.
Roi di theo ban do cua dao den West end truoc roi tu do di den nhung noi chi dan trong ban do. Toi di tu dinh o phia Bac cua dao roi chay theo phia Tay cua dao. Toi ghe West view vi toi thich snorkeling tai day va toi dinh o day lau de enjoy snorleling tai day vi rat nhieu ca to va nuoc rat trong. Noi day cung co dich vu cho du khach gan head gear vao dau voi oxygen de loi bo xuong day bien sau khoang 20ft. Day la mang thu vi ma toi khong thay o noi nao. Toi hoi ngai vi so nguy hiem nhung khi snorkel thay co nguoi tho lan di theo bao ve khong thay gi nguye hiem. Sao 2 tieng dong ho snorkel toi len dinh di thi hi da cham dut viec nay luc 3 gio. Toi tiec la di khong duoc. Sau do toi lai ve theo phai
East cua dao va ve den Down Town khoang 7 gio va toi tra xe nhu da hua. Nguoi chu x echo toi cut keo la dac san cua San Andres. Toi thay tam long cua dan o day va toi rat thich.
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