My next stop was Santa Marta as a stopover on my way to Tyrona National Park and Palomino. Santa Marta was about 4 hours from Cartagena, then Tyrona National Park another one hour from Santa Marta, then Palomino a further one hour from Tyrona. The journey passed in no time and as I exit the bus, I met Ulrika who was going to the same hostel as myself; La Brisa Loca. I checked in for one night in a 6 person dorm, this place is ...

Cartagena, WOW; what an amazing beautiful place, it didn't take long to fall in love with this small city. Not only is it beautiful but full of backpackers which should make it pretty easy to get my party on; I have done a lot on this trip and the party has taken a bit of a back seat...not any more, let's do this. I didn't plan how many days I was going to stay here but it ended up being 5 days, the longest I have stayed anywhere on this trip ...