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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Colombia: Cartagena

Plaza de los Coches
Plaza de los Coches

We were both utterly exhausted by the ocean crossing from Panama, and it rather took the wind out of our sails as we stumbled off the deck of The Black Dragonfly and into the hot colonial port of Cartagena. It didn't help that the heat in Cartagena was utterly stifling, giving León a run for its money as the hottest place we've been on this trip, and it really didn't help that both of us were struck by land-sickness, with the solid ground swelling and swaying around us like the ocean.

Plaza de San Pedro Claver
Plaza de San Pedro Claver
The city wall looking east from Plaza de la Aduana
The city wall looking east from Plaza de la Aduana
Lots of houses in the Old Town have pretty colonial verandas
Lots of houses in the Old Town have pretty colonial verandas
The architecture is slightly more worn in Getsemaní
The architecture is slightly more worn in Getsemaní
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas
Castillo de San Felipe de Barajas
Street art in Getsemaní
Street art in Getsemaní
The square in front of Iglesia de Santísima Trinidad in Getsemaní
The square in front of Iglesia de Santísima Trinidad in Getsemaní