During the seventeenth century, the Spanish paid for prominent European military engineers to build the fortresses which are today Cartagena’s most significant identifying features. Engineering works took well over 208 years and ended with some eleven kilometers of walls surrounding the city, including the Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas shown below. In 1984, Cartagena’s [...]

Travel Photo of the Day: Cartagena Skyline
We sailed from Panama to Cartagena Colombia in a 32ft sailboat. After 4 days of sailing; 2 days of island hoping in San Blas and 2 days of open sea, the city skyline began to appear across the horizon. At first glance it resembled Miami, but behind the high rise buildings is a enchanting colonial [...]

Colombia Travel – Discover Cartagena
After two long days of open seas sailing from Panama to Colombia, Cartagena’s skyline slowly revealed itself to us as we approached its harbor. It appeared majestic, especially for those of us (me) who spent 48 hours in bed fighting sea sickness. Land! And a beautiful land it was. We were ready for Colombia travel. [...]

Why Travel to Colombia?
We are all aware that Colombia has a reputation of being a dangerous country. The country has been battered by drug cartels, guerrilla wars and public kidnappings i.e. Ingrid Betancur. After spending traveling in Colombia for over a month, we now consider it one of our favorite Latin American countries. The country of Colombia has [...]

Photo of the Day: Streets of Cartagena Colombia
Cartagena Colombia is a beautiful colonial city with clean streets, open plazas and flower filled balconies. The heart of the colonial city is named Old City and is surrounded by a wall which originally was for pirate protection. In this photo we capture the activity around the vendor cart in one the great Colombia cities.

Colombia Travel – Mud Bath in Volcano Totumo
Travel Colombia to experience modern cities, deep jungle, beautiful beaches and… a volcanic mud bath. Just an hour outside of Cartagena, Colombia you can visit Volcano Totumo, where tourists climb the little mud volcano for a mud bath, an experience they will never forget. Colombian Mud Bath We booked our tour through our hostal, Casa [...]
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