We were awake pretty early even without the alarm set - air conditioning works wonders for a good nights sleep. All the rooms in the hotel faced onto a central lobby, it was perhaps an outdoor courtyard in the past and now had a roof over it. Breakfast was served in lobby - we were back to eggs, scrambled with toast. Along with some fresh fruit, juice and good coffee, it was a great start to the day.

Yesterdays storm seemed to be long gone along with the comfortable temperature. The sun was shining today and the temperature was soaring pretty quickly. We walked down through the main area connecting the old town's walled peninsula to the mainland. It was chaos, although probably organised chaos. There were throngs on locals walking the streets and eating from the roadside vendors. Loads of buses, crammed full of people, were crawling up the road looking for more passengers and heaps of motorbikes which act like taxis.

Looking across the water, the San Felipe Fort looked a bit sorry for itself, it was as if it was sitting on top of a rubbish tip. We headed back into the the old town's narrow streets to explore the Getsemani area. It was definitely a bit rougher round the edges than the other areas. It didn't feel unsafe, just not as clean and brightly painted although there was some nice, colourful graffiti on a few walls.

We ended up back in the Puerta del Reloj and as we passed the gate to the Plaza de los Coches we were immediately pounced upon by street vendors - cigars, panama hats, Colombian football shirts. They must have been hiding from the rain yesterday. Even in the streets surrounding the plaza there were loads more vendors.

By late morning, the heat was getting intense so we hunted out the ice cream shop we walked past yesterday. Maria had a traditional ice cream in a cone, David went next door to the artisan shop and had ice cream on a stick. It looked like eight squares of chocolate on a stick but being Baileys infused it was pretty tasty even if it was overpriced.

We headed towards the walls of the old town again and walked round the ramparts of the north western section with it's views out over the Caribbean Sea. With no shade, we were seeking the sanctuary of an air conditioned shop in no time and a coffee shop fitted the bill. David wanted more ice cream and had an affogato which was amazing.

Bacco, where we had had dinner last night, was calling us back for lunch to try their pizza. It was simply made with prosciutto and rucola with a homemade tomato based sauce. It was delicious and well worth the return visit.

We took the easy option for dinner and grabbed a kebab from the shop on the next corner. It was a proper turkish shwarma kebab that was just full of meat plus a few herbs and spices. Very tasty!!