Playa Blanca from beyond shore appears a paradise. Its the most picturesque strip of rustic beach we've ever seen. There are hostel-like boarding houses w/ strung hammocks and small room coconut log/thatch huts...some a bit more established with small bars, tiki lights strung across "dining areas, and open-air grocery stores. The water is crystal clear, shallow and smooth calm lapping slowly on a talcum white beach.  Its sooo warm.   We see an area 10...

On final day in Cartagena is a beach day. We had met a nice US State Dept officer staying at the Santa Clara w/ her girlfriend and their recommendation was stay away from La Boquilla & BocaGrande beaches.   We are headed to Playa Blanca on Baru Island.   We head to the take our "launcha" booked the prior day at the pier. The first window I'd walked up to ( TwoLines) offered 35,000 COP per person RT to Baru Island - Playa Blanca.    Seemed fair $ 19 f...