Colombia day 8: from Palomino to Cartagena de Indias.
We get up at six, we have a tough day ahead of us. We have to go back to Santa Marta to pick up our backpacks and take a bus to our next destination Cartagena.
Palomino beach
We get up at six, we have a tough day ahead of us. We have to go back to Santa Marta to pick up our backpacks and take a bus to our next destination Cartagena.
Palomino beach
Dawn at 6 o'clock, from the hammock you can see capybaras eating the fruit that falls from the trees.
Don Pedro campsite Tayrona National Park
Today we are going to the Tayrona National Nature Park. We leave the big backpacks in the apartment and take just enough for three days.
After 13 hours of an endless bus ride we arrived in Santa Marta.
We traveled with the Cundinamarca company and one of the drivers is quite aggressive at the wheel, overtaking without visibility on a crowded road, although this behavior is not usual, fortunately nothing happened.
We're heading to San Gil's Freedom Park for breakfast, in el Huerto restaurant. Everything is very good, there are several options Sangilian, Socorran, the orchard. Joaquín with Torongil infusion, egg and arepa soup. María con titno a tamale that is rolled up in leaves and inside it has chicken (with bone), chickpeas... Olga more conventional with tortilla with corn, mushrooms, cheese and ham.
We have breakfast at Casa Gadiel, in Colombia it is usual to have huevos pericos (scrambled eggs with onions and tomatoes), juices and of course tinto (black coffee). All very tasty.
We got up early and had breakfast at the lodge, impressive with self service of toast, butter, jam, coffee, cocoa, strawberry juice and watermelon.
North Bus Station Bogota
We leave Burgos at 4:00 in the morning directly to the Adolfo Suarez Barajas International Airport. We fly with Avianca.