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Tour of Cartagena

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Waiting in the yacht Club for our Tour Guide 'Duran Duran' to arrive

The streets of Getsemani, the poorer area of the Old City

Plaza de la Trinidad. This Church is significant in Cartagenas history for the independence day of 11/11/1918.

The Clock Tower in the Old City

Me and Liz doing the touristy thing

Being informed on all the local history of the Old City in Plaza San Pedro Clava

Church in Plaza San Pedro Clava

Outside the naval museum

Waiting outside the naval museum to go in

La India Catalina, a young girl, and daughter of a native chief, was taken prisoner by a Spanish Captain not far from Cartagena. She was sold as an orphan to a high ranking Spanish official who baptised and educated her, raising her as if she was his own. She fell in love with a Captain who promised to bring her to her homeland again. He took her back with the knowledge that she was fluent in both Spanish and the native tongue, when he came to found the city of Cartagena, and conquer and plunder the tribes living nearby. Catalina was 26 years old when she arrived. Although Heredia used her as an interpreter in his successful campaigns to subjugate the natives, the death toll probably would have been higher had Catalina not been present.

Round the side of the naval Museum

Big fish head in the naval Museum

Blimey even Stuart's big head fits in it mouth!

Apparently the more knobs you have on your door the more important you are!

Inside the Palacio de La Inquisición (Spanish Inquisition)

 

Me being stretch on the rack for being a bad girl

The bells of independence in the Palacio de La Inquisición

Looking out over the Plaza De Bolivar

Plaza De Bolivar

Hurrah lunch time, my favorite time of day! a 3 course meal here will set you back 4000 pesos (that's just under £1 to you and me!!)

Now off to the emerald shop for a free cup of coffee. I think the poor sales man lucked out a bit when he realised that none of us had any intention of buying any thing. The rest of us managed to sneak of out leaving Stuart and Phil with all the sales spiel!

We should have just grabbed a handful and done a runner!

Inside the City University

Phil selling his wares along the way for a bob or 2

And back to the fort for a second go round. By this point all we were all tourist-ed out and couldn't be bothered to ask too many more questions

Back down in the tunnels, we found out that we had gone as far as possible down the tunnels the last time we visited. The tunnels after that just filled up with water, they would eventually come out at the bottom of the fort.

Off we all trundle down

At the bottom where the water starts appearing

Then all the way back up again. Good job my bottom wasn't any wider as we may have all been stuck down there!!

Hurrah, back to daylight

Looking out over Boca Grande from the top of the Fort

Stuart under the large Colombian flag

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