We flew to Bogota then went to meet the bulletproof tailor, Miguel Castellano. It was pretty interesting to meet the "Armani" of bulletproof fashion! That night we all went to Andres Carne de Res restaurant/disco. The restaurant was so awesome! If you are ever in Bogota you MUST go there!The next day Kusi organized a mini city tour of Bogota for us. We took the van to the teleferico to go up to Monserate. Before going up we took pictures w/ a llam...

We got to Cartagena a little after 2pm and spent the afternoon at the nice rooftop pool at Erick's friends' hotel. We then met the big wedding group at Santissimo restaurant that evening for dessert. Afterwards, we walked around downtown which was very pretty at night. The next day, Erick's friend Kusi (the groom) organized an amazing boat tour for all 18 of us and our first stop was Playa Blanca. Erick and I went snorkeling there and he dove down a good 10 fe...

My first full day in Santa Marta was a total bust. It was so hot that I couldn't even go into the water because it wasn't even refreshing. I managed not to melt somehow and booked a scuba dive for the next day.The next day Erick went diving with me in Taganga. I had been blowing my balloons the night before and in the morning which I had been told would help me to compensate better and it worked! The first dive was really nice with great visibility and we saw...

My tour to the Totumo volcano mud bath started out a little crazy - we drove all over the place and I ended up in 3 different cars before finally getting to the volcano after 11am! The mud bath was the coolest, weirdest feeling ever!! The mud makes you float and there were just tons of bodies and limbs everywhere! I got my massage and a few good pictures. Some people dunked their whole head in but I didn't want the mud in my mouth or eyes so I just covered ev...

I got into Bogota before 5am, having taken the night bus from Manizales. I left my stuff in luggage storage and took the bus to Zipequira to see the famous Salt Cathedral. This salt cathedral was opened in 1995 because the original one made in the 50s collapsed. There was a hallway w/ the 14 Stations of the Cross. In each one Christ was represented by a big salt cross. Some of the interpretation was rather interesting. Afterwards we went to the narthex and into t...