Easy immigration at Bogota airport. The officer picks us out of line to skip bag x-ray and directs us to check-in for "conexcions". 5 bedhead Americans don't pose a threat and the girls are smiling and speaking high-school Spanish.   We find a chain restaurant in the airport called Crepes & Waffles.  Our waitress ignores us but the food is very good.  Lyn has a ham & egg crepe, KT has a Nutella & strawberry crepe, Jen a crepe Suzette, and Ash banan...

Cartagena not too attractive from the air. Murky water riverlets and oil refineries.....could be approach to New Orleans. The topography looks swampy.   We de-plane to the tarmac and WHAM...the humidity hits.   Luggage arrives quickly and we begin to worry about transport to the Centro / Old City.Cabs are all Geo Metros. We'll need 3 cars with seven pieces of luggage and 5 persons.    A porter hustles about trying to find a van and I find the So...