Cartagena

Our first stop in Colombia. Cartagena was founded in 1533 and is a major port (which is why we are here) on the Caribbean coast. The old walled city is a UNESCO world heritage site (yes another one) and has some very colourful old colonial buildings. Here are just a few pictures:

I don't remember posing for this one

Fortress of San Filippe 

The walk back to our apartment along the seafront from old town was very nice. Our building is the red brick one, second from the left,and has great views across the sea and the bay

One day we walked the length of the beach and got rather red in the process. Our building is the first one you can see on the left

We also had some nice sunsets. This one was taken from the balcony

We could even see the containers being unloaded from our ship at the port across the bay. One of them had our car in.

Thanks to all the bureaucracy and red tape, Mark spent two days at the port, filling in forms, getting numerous copies and waiting for officials to sign them off. At least he didn't need to do his acrobatic routine as one of the port staff scrambled through the back of the car and drove it out of the container.

Tomorrow we start our journey south towards Medellin