We arrived in Cartagena at around 5pm and all decided to try to get into the same hostel. We found a street that had plenty of hostels on it and had to split up the group a bit but were all in close proximity. The next couple of days consisted of wandering around the city which is a beautiful old colonial city. Lonely planet claims it is the most beautiful and romantic city in South America and I wouldn't doubt it. It was really pretty. We also managed to catch a couple of soccer matches and sunsets.
On our last full day there, we decided to all go to a near by mud volcano that was about an hour away. We took a taxi to the nearest bus station, caught a local bus out to a small town close to the volcano and caught some motorbike taxis to the volcano. The volcano was basically just dried mud that had solidified after years of the mud flowing over the side. The middles of the volcano was filled with a weird clayey mud that you were able to go sit in. It was the oddest feeling biggest you float on top and can't sink even though the mud is very deep. It was also suppose to be very good for the skin, which seemed to be true because all our skin was really soft after. We hoped out after about 30 minutes in the mud, cleaned off in the nearby lake and caught the motorbike taxis out back to catch the bus. When we arrived at the place to catch the bus, the bus was there and about to leave but we still had to wait for one more friend so the bus driver actually went to opposite way than his route to go meet and pick up our friend! So awesome!
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| Mud Volcano |
We all got back to Cartagena and packed up our stuff to head out the next morning. We had to say goodbye to a couple of people from the boat ride which kinda sucked but most of us were able to stick together. I think Cartagena has been the prettiest city I've been to in all of Latin America. It was nice to be in such a beautiful city with such good company!
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| Everyone floating in the mud! |
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