Cartagena has proven itself to be a quite fun and pleasant city ... actually one of the safer places I`ve walked around, believe it or not. Cartagena`s Old Town is one of the most amazing colonial towns I`ve been to .. by far much better than Antigua Guatemala and Granada Nicaragua. There are streets here that have changed little since the 17th century. So far, I`ve explored all over town and hit the beach a couple times. I also visited the old Castillo that was ...

Finally, after 12 long days on a sailboat, I´ve arrived in South America! In Panama City, I found a captain sailing to Colombia. The Panamerican highway, which otherwise connects Alaska to the tip of Argentina, meets its demise in the Darien Gap region between Panama and Colombia. Travel here is next to impossible as the area is infested with guerrillas and drug traffickers. The only sane options to South America are by plane or boat. I am on the Tarona, a...