The 16th Century Spanish walled
city of Cartagena, Colombia
seen from the water.
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We
anchored off Cartagena's Club Nautico.
The club is conscious of the threat of
vermin, and this Boa Constrictor is one
of several that live in the thatch
ceiling of the club's bar/restaurant. |
A young
Arawak Indian boy
at Club Nautico in the typical
dress of his home area the
nearby mountains. |
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Cartagena is JUMPING with activity
day and night.
There's every means of public transport, and
this one was very cheap and usually our favorite:
a motorcycle taxi! Climb aboard. . .
Maybe
you want to go to the
Meat Section in the open-air
Bazurto Market! |
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Or maybe
you'd rather go
downtown to "el centro"
in the walled city! |
Or maybe you'd prefer to
meet at the Tienda El Che.
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Jack with musicians at Che's
who
are getting ready to go to work.
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And with
the owner "Che" himself. |
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The old walled city is beautiful
by day and by night. Our favorite
eat-out treat was to dine in the
Plaza San Pedro just by this
cathedral. Great Sushi!
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Playing together at Club
Nautico:
Jack and Chrissi at the Halloween Party
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It frequently rained like hell in
Cartagena - with terrifying
lightning storms - until the end of rainy season at the end of November.
That's when we got hit - a direct lighning strike that hit us and 4
other boats.
It fried all our electronic gadgets and some other stuff - but not us!
It caused a big delay in our plans and the expensive necessity to replace
a lot
of gear. Here's just some of it upon arrival and still in the boxes:
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We
had a lovely Christmas in
Cartagena. Here's the latest version
home-made Christmas tree and
a few presents. We both got new
digital cameras - so the pictures on this
site should now improve.
Wow, they're fun too! |
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Finally, all fixed
from the
lightning, it only remained
to haul Naga for bottom paint
and pull the mast, check it for
damage and paint it.
It was a small dose of hell:
being hauled out at the dirt-farm
called FerrCem!
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