Colombia

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So, it has been quite some time has it not dear reader? This is partly due to the fact that I have been in Colombia for 2 weeks now and having an awesome time, so awesome in fact, I couldn´t tear myself away from the awesomeness to write about it.

So what exactly have I been doing? Well, we arrived in Cartagena, following a gruelling 5 day trip on a sail boat, were eventually allowed onto land at the port and stayed in cartagena for about 3 days. Cartagena is gorgeous, some say South Americas most beautiful city, for its old town dates back hundreds of years and is fortified by a wall that was built to protect from attacks by the likes of fearsome pirates and Empire building Brits.

In Cartagena we hooked up with some CouchSurfers and found out about the Couch Surfing Colombia National Meeting, which sounded very formal but in fact was a 3 day party, camping on one of the most beautiful stretches of beach in the world, crystal clear water, white sand, palm trees, jungle and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains to cap off the landscape.