zondag 26 februari 2012

Cartagena y Santa Marta

13 February I left the island, off to the coast of Colombia.
We spent our first day in the beautiful, historic, romantic city called Cartagena.
The day after we went to the islands in front of the city. It looked a lot like San Andrés: blue water and white beaches. Later in the afternoon we left to Santa Marta.

 On our way we visited a vulcano. It was not just a normal vulcano, it was a natural mud bath: very relaxing and amazing for the skin.

Simon Bolivar was an important discoverer in Latin America. We visited the museum where we learned a little more about his life.

Another thing out of the Colombian history are the Spanish people, they were here for the gold. We also visited this museum. The ones who used a lot of gold were the indian people, many pieces we saw were for their Gods.

Talking about indians, there are still some people who live in the traditional way, we had the chance to visit them.
We went kayaking in a river that comes together with the ocean at the same place, a beautiful place.

Tayrona is one of the biggest national parks, I also bet one of the most beautiful ones. Incredible how many diferent kind of beaches exist. The beaches are literly of gold, in the sand and in the water we could find some pieces.

We spent the night in the park, we slept in hammocks. To go back, we passed the 7 stones by horse.
Our last night was in a hotel in Santa Marta, time went really fast, it was an amazing trip.
I had to go back to Cartagena where I spent another night, I had my flight booked the 22 of february.

Back to San Andrés!

donderdag 23 februari 2012

City of 7 rivers

After the carnaval in Pasto we went back by bus to Cali. I stayed there for 4 more days. Cali is the city of the 7 rivers. We went to one of the waterfalls, if there is a paradise, it would look like this.
Back on the island, time for a new school year. Since our old director became governor we have a new one. This one is a little stricter, certainly about the uniform. An example: the girls had to sit on their knees to see if the skirt touched the ground, a new experience for me. Hellooooo new schoolyear!!!!