September 23, 2012 @ Cartagena, CO



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


Bay side of the peninsula of Bocagrande is a spectacular seawalk


The real Cartagena beyond the old city and Bocagrande


Amazing view from La Popa Hill


Bocagrande and the old city


Many bridges connecting all the islands and peninsula