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Keo and I got up an had a wander around town today. Things we have learnt:
1- jeez it's humid! Think instant T-shirt stuck to your body weather. Shade and fans seem to offer no respite..
2. Colombians don't wear sunglasses, are very friendly but really don't speak much english!
3. Cartagena is very beautiful, SO colourful, even the chivas (local buses) are painted technicolour- lots of tumbledown houses next to brand new/ turn of the century but beautifully preserved ones. They have a sort of grid system here which it appears they have in bogota too (judging from when we flew over)
4. Lots of armed army/policemen here. Even the guy getting out of a security van comes out with double barrel shotgun aloft
Had a nice lunch at a proper local joint, not another tourist in sight, nice bit of chicken, plantain and rice and peas maaan! Everyone buzzing in for their lunch in styrofoam cartons- one of which I spotted with a fish head hanging one side and tail the other- serious fish and chips! Had to come back to the hostel for a cooldown, sat in lobby with Bon Jovi blasting out- Good to see they share Keo and my taste...
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