The flights went smoothly, the food was pretty good and my luggage arrived at the same airport as me.

I arrived very early this morning so made the most of it and took a free walking tour around Cartagena – which I highly recommend. This is a beautiful city – lots of old colonial buildings and still surrounded by an old fortress wall.

It’s been invaded lots of times and once by Francis Drake who destroyed quite a few of the buildings before he left. It has a pirate history too.

The weather is amazing – currently around 32 with beautiful blue skies. Luckily my hostel has a small swimming pool to cool off in. I’ve tried some of the local food – Arueppe (or spelt something like that) which was corn bread with beef and egg inside and then fried- pretty good.

May go and watch the sunset later and grab a beer or two.

Life is good