Cartagena Colombia

Sailing into the bay at Cartagena

Pool deck set up for BBQ with local entertainment

Newer part of city at night

Nice show from local folk dance group

We arrived mid day in Cartagena, very hot and humid.  Every time we go outside our glasses and the camera lens fog up.  We have not scheduled a tour here as we have been here twice before.  We had planned on taking the ship provided shuttle bus that would take us into the center of town but it was announced that was not going to happen as the local taxi drivers union has blockaded the shuttle bus, needless to say we are not going to be taking a taxi!  The afternoon on the ship was very quiet as most passengers had gone on tour, in fact we were the only two people at tea, we had a personal piano player and about four waiters.  This evening we had a BBQ out on the pool deck that included a show with local dancers, very colorful costumes with lively music.  Tomorrow we sail at 1pm and our next event is the transit of the Panama Canal.  We are not getting much feedback on this blog so we hope that someone is reading it!