Hello Folks!

Yes, I know it´s been a while since I last wrote something… I am equally aware of the fact I did not fulfill my promise of uploading some pics! :) Anyway, time for a short summary on what I´ve been up to in the last ten days: I´m having a blast! FYI; if you´d like to know any details on whereabouts and / or historical details, I suggest you look either here or here.

On the 9th I went from Panama City to Portobelo to get on a ship, sailing from there to Cartagena, Colombia via the San Blas Islands. First new experience to me was the fact that I got seasick on the first night (yay……) but fortunately recovered the day after! Next 2 days were spent in the San Blas archipelago, which is really a wonderful place to be. See the pics for more details, words cannot explain here. After this 2-day ´stop´ the plan was to sail on to Cartagena in 2 days, if it wasn´t for the engine which decided to go on strike in the middle of the trip…. which meant an additional day and a half in the open sea! No worries though, we still had a good time and there were plenty of dolphins around to keep us company!

Upon arrival in Cartagena, I´ve pretty much done all the tourist stuff and it struck me this is really a great place to be. There´s plenty of things to see and do in and around the city (check out those mud volcano pics!) and its whole vibe made me change my travel plans; instead of 2-3 days, I am now having my 6th day in Colombia - I love this place! After Cartagena I decided to travel to a town called Taganga (direction North East), from where I made my first dive trip yesterday. Unfortunately I ended up having to use some eardrops but the diving was still fun ;) The plan is to fly back to Panama City (please, no more boats for the time being ;)) on the 22nd or 23rd, ensuring I´ll still make it to my Spanish classes which start on the 26th. Never thought I´d be running into a tight schedule on this trip but here we go…

Anyway, as a picture is still worth a thousand words, have a look at a short summary of my trip below, including the following: Panama City´s Casco Viejo Area, the Miraflores Locks (Panama Canal), Isla Taboga,  San Blas, Cartagena, the Mud Volcano and some creepy fortress.

Till next time!

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