Castillo San Felipe de Barajas
Cartagena is the most beautiful city I've ever seen! It is a port city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean coast region and the fifth largest city in Colombia. Also known as Cartagena de Indias or Cartagena of the Indies. This city is the most associated with pirates in the Caribbean. It has a colonial walled city and a fortress/castle, both built to protect the city. We did a walking tour of The Castillo San Felipe de Barajas, which is the original castle. The castle is located on the hill of San Lazaro in a strategic location, dominating approaches to the city by land or sea. It was very interesting and impressive to believe that they built this castle without any technology. They actually built the castle from the top down, carving it out of the natural hill.
Our hostel was in the old part of Cartagena with beautiful colonial architecture everywhere. The walled city was only a five minute walk away with narrow streets, colourful, colonial buildings and grand churches. When you passed under the clock tower and through the walls it felt as if you were going back in time. On Friday night we did a Chiva Bus Tour. The tour is from 7pm to 10pm with rum, snacks, a fun tour of the city and entrance to a club after. All of us from the sailboat did the tour together. It was a little bit cramped at first, but after the rum showed up everyone was happy. There were at least fifty tourists on the bus with a guide and local band of three men. We toured the city drinking, singing and having competitions between the front and back of the bus. After the bus tour we went to a small latin club and danced for the rest of the night. We weren't very good at dancing to the latin music, but the locals helped us out! Even at 2am there are people partying in the streets in Cartagena. It seemed like the music never stopped playing and the party never ended. Cartagena is definitely a great place to go for night life in Colombia!
This is Tori. She likes to drink coffee and steal your pancakes.
