Cartagena

It has been several months since we have had internet - so I will try to catch up.

We loved Cartagena - it is a beautiful city and old town is really something. Old town is walled off from the rest of the city with towering stone walls. Inside there are several plazas, all with different statues. The buildings are very old and the streets are narrow. If you have been to New Orleans, it is a whole town similar to Bourbon Street only many many streets and huge squares and plazas. The people are very friendly - and there is a huge cruiser community there. The water in the anchorage is "interesting" one would not swim there. The rest of Cartagena is like any big city - there is a waterfront area with big hotels and the inner city with lots of traffic - there is a huge airconditioned mall with a very modern movie theater - it was so hot in the late afternoon and we could not swim so several times we went to see a movie and then go for drinks and dinner in old town. We planned to stay in Cartagena for 4 or 5 days and ended up there for about 4 weeks. Then on to the San Blas Islands.