Where are we going, this time

Flying to the UK via Dubai, touring the UK for two weeks visiting Yorkshire of course. Then down to Southampton to board the Caribbean Princess to cruise the Baltic to Bruges, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallin, Gdansk, then back to Southampton where we board the Sea Princess on it's return to Sydney via Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Reykjavik, Halifax, New York, Charleston, Curacao, Cartagena, Panama Canal, Manta, Lima, Pisco, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Pago Pago, Auckland, Sydney, and then home to Melbourne.

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Cartagena

This was our first visit to the South America continent, so it’s all new.  Cartagena is a very large city, with a mix of new and old buildings.  We were in sport only for 5 hours and had organised a private tour again for this port.  Our first stop was the La Popa, which is the site an old monastery on top of a hill very near the city so it has magnificent panoramic views over the city.  We then visited the Fortress of San Felipe, the markets and went for a walk through the old town.  We ended up by making our way back to the ship going through the neighbourhoods of Bocagrande, Getsemani and Manga.   We found Cartagena an extremely dynamic city not at all what we had expected.
At the port 
Pink flamingos  
View from La Popa
Lovely city
Fortress San Felipe 
Street sign
Street vendors 
Colourful buildings 
City square
Colourful bags for sale
Street view 
Macaw parrot
Beautiful architecture 

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