We awake this morning early, and to the sound of rain on the
roof again (the sound of the fan, like the day before it was a stunning day). We pack our bags, check out of our hostel,
jump in the taxi and take the short trip over the small hill to Santa Marta to
catch the bus back to Cartagena. The
reason we are heading back to Cartagena is because we have a flight booked for
tomorrow afternoon to Montevideo, Uruguay.
We also have not finished doing what we want to in Cartagena, and even
if we had finished, we can easily spend our remaining time here relaxing at the
beach. We have breakfast at the bus
terminal, catch our bus and enjoy the ride.
On arrival in Cartagena, we realise that the trip was about an hour
faster than the trip to Santa Marta, definitely helped that the driver today
wasn’t mucking around while the driver the other day was doing everything he
could to stall the travel. We catch a
taxi into town and book into our hostel, called Hotel Familiar. We hadn’t booked this hostel but just turned
up and there was space. It is just down
the road from our previous hostel we stayed at in Cartagena, Hostel Casa
Vienna, but we felt we didn’t get enough for our money for that hostel. The price of this hostel is about a third of
the price of the other hostel, and it is similar quality, not the
greatest. That’s ok though, it is only
for one night and we have stayed in worse on this trip. We put our bags in our room and head back to
old town to continue to wander around.
It is a very large place and the history here is pretty cool. When we arrive I find a street vendor who is
selling beach bags which I have had my eye on for a wee while. I like the design of his bags too so I ask
how much, he says COP$15,000, I talk him down to COP$12,000 and we have a deal!
I have bought a new bag, it’s a good souvenir as much as anything else. We also had a look in a few other market
shops through the town, and then before we realised, it was towards the end of
the day. We then go out for dinner at a
small restaurant just down the road from our hostel, each get a menu del dia
(set menu) and head back to the hostel.
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