Our adventure continues. After a week in Cartagena, it was time to move. We were goino visit Ron in Puerto Colombia, which was about 120 km away from Cartagena. It took us 4 buses and 4 hours to reach Ron. We first met him back in Chicago at our friend Sadia
's party last year. It was a pleasure seeing him again. We have received a warm welcome from him and his 3 beautiful children. The cook made us delicious lunch. Ron had to leave soon for business. Dangis and were left to enjoy the palace, Ron lives in. We swam in the pool. Then we drove Ron's scooter to the beach. There was nobody else at the beach for awhile. Later a couple of guys came with a motorcycle, and parked it right on the sand. We swam in the Caribbean sea until dusk. The unset was beautiful. We had a magical afternoon.
The next day we arrived at Santa Marta. It is a nice town, the size of my hometown Siauliai. Everything was cheaper there than in Cartagena. Our hotel room was 40,000 pesos ($24) with a private bathroom and a nice view. Even the windows had glass. The beer, water and Internet were cheaper there. The sea was only few steps away. We spent a couple of lazy days there, before heading to the Tayrona park. The park came highly recommended by everyone we met. Ron said we were going to feel like in paradise, even though I already felt like I was in paradise while visiting him.
We got up early to leave for the park. The bus left from the market, after loading the bags of vegetables. Some of the bags were dropped off on the way. It reminded me of the times when our parents used to send us delicious meals with bus drivers, while we were away for school. After the 6 hour hike through the forest, we rented the hammocks for the night. The next morning we greeted the sun swimming in the most beautiful beach, where the water was blue as the sky and very clear. We were well rested and ready for another hike up the mountain to Pueblito, where used to be an ancient village. We met some Colombian friends on the way. Gustavo and his girlfriend were from Medellin (we will be there in a week). They both speak perfect English. Gustavo studied in Wisconsin for a year. We had a delightful hike.
After 2 nights in park Tayrona, we were ready to get back to civilization. We made another English speaking friend from Medellin on the way back to Santa Marta. Mario perfected his English while working in England. We picked our bag from hotel storage and went to Taganga, little fishermen village. It was very noisy and expensive- highly overrated in our opinion. After one night there, we decided to get back to Santa Marta. There we were shopping for groceries at the market for every meal, even bargaining for better prices. We learned that the kitchen is essential for our budget. Even though, Colombian food is absolutely delicious.
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| Puerto Colombia, 01-29-2013 |
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| Tayrona Park, 02-02-2013 |
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| Tayrona Park, 02-02-2013 |
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| Tayrona Park, 02-02-2013 |
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| Tayrona Park, 02-02-2013 |
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| Tayrona Park, 02-03-2013 |
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| Tagana, 02-03-2013 |
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| Taganga, 02-03-2013 |
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| Taganga, 02-04-2013 |
Our adventure continues. After a week in Cartagena, it was time to move. We were goino visit Ron in Puerto Colombia, which was about 120 km away from Cartagena. It took us 4 buses and 4 hours to reach Ron. We first met him back in Chicago at our friend Sadia's party last year. It was a pleasure seeing him again. We have received a warm welcome from him and his 3 beautiful children. The cook made us delicious lunch. Ron had to leave soon for business. Dangis and were left to enjoy the palace, Ron lives in. We swam in the pool. Then we drove Ron's scooter to the beach. There was nobody else at the beach for awhile. Later a couple of guys came with a motorcycle, and parked it right on the sand. We swam in the Caribbean sea until dusk. The unset was beautiful. We had a magical afternoon. 
The next day we arrived at Santa Marta. It is a nice town, the size of my hometown Siauliai. Everything was cheaper there than in Cartagena. Our hotel room was 40,000 pesos ($24) with a private bathroom and a nice view. Even the windows had glass. The beer, water and Internet were cheaper there. The sea was only few steps away. We spent a couple of lazy days there, before heading to the Tayrona park. The park came highly recommended by everyone we met. Ron said we were going to feel like in paradise, even though I already felt like I was in paradise while visiting him.
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