The first thing everyone says about Cartagena is that it is hot. And they are right. It is hot. Swelteringly so. It is not designed for English folk. Thank god we went for a decent air conditioned hotel just outside the old town. Money very well spent. Cartagena lives up to the hype. The old town is incredibly beautiful. It hasn't been completely renovated yet and so there is a mix of beautifully restored and still decayed buildings throughout. Top end restaura...

Viva Colombia! This is the name of the local budget airline we took to fly to Cartagena. Hilarious. You can see from the photo that our names were hand written on the boarding cards. Which you didn't actually need to board the plane. The majority of the other passengers clearly didn't fly very often. They all took a lot of pictures outside and inside the plane. That said, I've a feeling Fabrice took a picture of the plane too... There was a real party atmosph...