It is so so hard to sleep up here on the Caribbean Coast, if its not the Mosquitos, it's the noise and if its not the noise it's most certainly the heat and if your lucky the whining of a fan. I tried to sleep-in a bit today but couldn't get more then 20 minutes of sleep at a time so at 9:30am I got up and started doing some research and planning for Peru. Before lunch I had to go find an Internet cafe and print off my plane ticket for tonight's flight to Medelli...

After a better nights sleep - I say better as I still spent every hour waking up, I got up early and prepared for my trip or to Playa Blanca. The first thing I had to do was catch a bus to PasaCaballo, I waited for the bus out on the side of the highway and nearly died in the heat again. The temperature here is only 32 degrees most days but the humidity is almost unbearable. The bus took about an hour to get to my destination and it was absolutely jam packed with...

After a terrible night of debilitating heat and 1000s of mosquito bites I crawled out of bed exhausted. The house I was staying in was so stuffy and will go down as one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life. At around 9:30am I decided to walk to the markets and buy a few fruit and vegetables as I was going to cook for Mel tonight. The markets were an absolute maze of chaos and after all the stories I had been hearing about muggings and robberies I was on hi...

Today I was up early to pack my bags for Cartagena and Skype my parents. At about 9:30am I said goodbye to Khris's Dad and then Khris drove me out of the city to a bridge where I was to flag down a bus to Cartagena. The heat was intense and I had to wait only 20 minutes but it seemed like a lifetime in the intense heat. A guy also waiting told me which bus was headed to Cartagena, out I ran and jumped on as the bus coasted over the bridge. The bus was very spacio...

Having a fan in my room lastnight helped a lot in making sure I got some sleep. Today as it is a public holiday we were off to the beach to play beach volleyball with a group of other Couchsurfers. The good thing - it wasn't too early the meeting, so we had a very relaxing morning waiting for Khris's friend to arrive. We arrived at the beach at around midday and spent an hour trying to locate the CS group, we finally found them and drove the car down onto the bea...