Saturday, February 20, 2010

hola cartegena

we were up nice and early on Thursday to go to Cartegena.  Cartegena is along the Caribbean coast and is a hot place.  We arrived in Cartegena to tour the refinery plant there.  It is one of 2 refining ports that EcoPetrol have.  The tour and presentation we received was excellent but again were blown away by the openness and hospitality they showed.  I didn't mention yet that in Cartegena was 32 degrees.  Our visit was done at 4 pm and off to our hotel we went.  in my head i had a long list of things to do.

#1 - cerveza
#2 - cerveza
#3 - cerveza
#4 - nap
#5 - cerveza

unfortunately, I didn't end up doing #4 until later in the evening.

Other than being hot and humid, Cartegena is an old colonial city.  We walked in the old city where there is a vibrant street market where you can by shoes, electrical items, food and souvenirs. Just walking the city gives you energy and excitement.  I'm coming back here again!  I am planning on being here longer than 20 hours next time.

No comments:

Post a Comment