So colorful

Jose Fernandez

Colonial street within the walled city

Iglesia de Santo Toribio

Blue House, Hostel Boutique & Coffee

The lesser restored part of town

Teatro Heredia, it is amazing inside but I did not got to see it

The Cathedral of Cartagena

Loving these Spanish style balcony

The present tower was designed by French architect Gastón Lelarge

So much prettier with blue sky in the background

The cathedral has a fine doorway and a simply decorated interior

The cathedral was designed by master builder Simón González

La Catedral y Palcio de la Gobernaciion

General Simon Bolivar

Palacio de la Inquisicion now Museo Historico de Cartagena

Balcony with beautiful flowers

Plaza Santo Domingo

Fernando Botero contributed one of his *heavy* sculptures to the Plaza

Iglesia de Santo Domingo

The sun is out after a short sprinkle

Colorful colonial style building

Universidad de Cartagena

Primera Asamble a de Estudiantes de Bolivar

One of the landmark building in Cartagena

First chinese restaurant came across in Cartagena

Pedro de Heredia

Plaza San Pedro Claver

Clock Tower Gate aka Torre del Reloj

Me @ Huge plaza in front of Clock Tower Gate

Sus Hijas, Cartagena Heroica 1811 - 1911

Cute sculpture

Getsemani district

Entrance to the old city

Teatro Cartagena & Teatro Colon

Centro de Convenciones de Cartagena

Scruplture @ Muelle de Los Pegasos

FF @ Clock Tower Gate

Plaza San Pedro Claver & Plaza de los Coches

J.B. Mainero, a la heroica Cartagena

Plaza de La Aduana & El portal de los dulces

Iglesia de San Pedro Claver

Shaved ice drinks

Regret not getting one of these in Cartagena

Fruit and paintings vendors

Colorful Colombian fruit vendor

French Quarter, New Orleans?

Colombia couple, the man tends to be younger and skinner than the woman

Francisco de Paula Santander

Contemporary furniture store

Bocagrande, a long strip of hotel towers and condos fronting onto the beach

US fast food

Drive through McDonald

Fancy condos

The beaches of Bocagrande, lying along the northern shore, are muddy

Bay side of the peninsula of Bocagrande is a spectacular seawalk

Why built condo next to cargo terminal?

All highrises are uniform in white color

Colombia is big producer of emeralds

First stop of city tour -- jewelry shop!

Hot latino girl!

Colombian style of suckling pig

Almost 80 people on the city tour bus, 50000 COP each!

International hotel chains are putting their mark here

Come back again using my spg points?

Base Naval ARC Bolivar

Naval museum

*A mi ciudad nativa* in memory of Luis Carlos Lopez, one of Colombia*s best-known poet

Colombian girl @ different age

Weird creature

Probably not local, its fur is too hot for 30+C

17th century Santa Cruz monastery

Chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Mullein

La Popa Hill offers great views over Cartagena and the harbour area

FF @ 150m high La Popa Hill

Carrefour in Cartagena

Me @ La Popa Hill

Bocagrande in the far back and the new city in the front

Convento de la Popa

Castillo de San Felipe

Historic old town

A fortress designed by the Dutch engineer Richard Carr

Aiming at the La Popa Hill?

Sunset @ Historic old town

Bocagrande & the historic old town

Built in 1657 by the Spanish for protection against pirates while shipping gold out to Europe

Huge Colombia flag!

Rainbow!

Plaza de Las Bovedas

Colombian fruit lady

Chiva Bus

Strip of handcraft stores

Cartagena*s 500-hundred year-old coralstone forts and wall

Colegio Salesiano San Pedro Claver

Las Bovedas

Yummy fish

Donde Socorro

Yenniffer & Me

Some serious locks