Colonial Cartagena, Columbia
The Emerald of the Caribbean
December 2009
five night stay at the Hotel Monterrey
entrance to Ciudad Amarullada, the walled city of Cartagena
San Pedro restaurant
my favorite
San Filipe castle
La Popa Monastery
view of new Cartagena from the monastery
the beaches
Las Bovedas handcraft market
Ciudad Amarullada, the walled city of Cartagena
emerald factory
Totumo Volcano
those who took the mud bath in the volcano
Arepa con Huevo
the preparation
the eating
La Boquilla, a fishing village on the beach
a fish lunch
canoeing through the mangrove
the free day
exploring the St Peter Claver cathedral of Cartagena