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Einstein
Guest
or use it as another Sea Day???
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nieciez
Guest
A good question E....I wish we were going to another port of call. I just don't feel safe with the thought of leaving the ship at this port but at this point I'll play it by ear. If I do, it will be for a ship excrusion only.
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earl_m
Guest
We may get off and walk around near the ship, usually there is a group of shops near by.or depending
what they are offering as an escorted excursion.
Surprising I have heard some good stories about Paxs visiting the city!!
what they are offering as an escorted excursion.
Surprising I have heard some good stories about Paxs visiting the city!!
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maw
Guest
We will probably hit any shops near the ship but not feeling ral brave abt this port.
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Corky
Guest
I'm thinking that I do not want to get off in Cartagena. Den is thinking that he wants to. I did look at some of the shore excursions - and we may do something, but I am going to try to convince him that we just use this stop as a Ship Day and go down and touch the soil, just to say we were there - and look into the shops - just to say we did.
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John F
Guest
We will be getting off the ship for sure. We were in Cartagena in 1999 on the Legend of the Seas (Panama Canal). We got off the ship on our on and made a deal with a local cab driver for a 4 hour tour. Then an official government Columbian lady appeared and said she was our guide. No charge, but she had to come with us for our safety, I assume!! An interesting afternoon!! Had fun. We will do some kind of tour again. Probably through the ship this time.
John & Priscilla
John & Priscilla
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red stripe
Guest
John, that sounds like great fun.
Something I would enjoy doing also. thanks for the tip.. if we do decide on this, perhaps we can get together?
Einstein has not yet said that he had anything else in mind for this stop.
Something I would enjoy doing also. thanks for the tip.. if we do decide on this, perhaps we can get together?
Einstein has not yet said that he had anything else in mind for this stop.
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Cyndi
Guest
I am glad I read this,, we want to do something there,,, John,, let us know too...
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seamom
Guest
I stayed in Cartagena for two weeks and had a great time....that was late eighties. Don't dress flashy as I know of a couple of people who wore gold chains and had them ripped off. I dressed lowkey and kept my purse out of sight. Climbing the hill to La Popa was not a good idea past all the poor, dangling gold and flashing cameras...take a tour bus there.
What was fun was wandering through the old city, sitting at a juice bar with all those exotic fruits freshly squeezed. We asked for bottled water in the mixed drink and not the local stuff put into it and a local ran and got one for us from the store next door to cheers from all the other local customers sipping away, interested to see if we'd enjoy the fruits we'd never heard of before. All the lovely old architecture. I loved the Columbians...so friendly and welcoming. Go through the grocery store in town...I find that a great way to see all the interesting products and what is commonly eaten in every foreign place I go. The music is great in the streets as you walk by stores. We also watched the fresh fish coming in on the boats in the harbour with the backdrop of the old fort used in the movie Romancing the Stone.
When I was there, it was safer on the peninsula where the big hotels were as there were army guards at the gated entrance to this tourist area. Not sure how much it has changed now. A great souvenir was the wonderful jewellry knockoffs of the Incan treasures. I still have a few nice pieces. On the beach opposite our hotel..hmm...sorry can't remember the name of this grand pink stuccoed place, there was a place called El Boney's where we'd eat coconut rice, tomato salad and red snapper, drinking Agua Diente and listening to coffee can music..yum..but I guess the retired boxer from Montreal can't still be running that. Boxing is/was HUGE in Cartagena as a way out of poverty and we chatted to a couple of young boys living on the street and hoping for their big chance at it.
Hope you don't miss it but be wary and enjoy.
What was fun was wandering through the old city, sitting at a juice bar with all those exotic fruits freshly squeezed. We asked for bottled water in the mixed drink and not the local stuff put into it and a local ran and got one for us from the store next door to cheers from all the other local customers sipping away, interested to see if we'd enjoy the fruits we'd never heard of before. All the lovely old architecture. I loved the Columbians...so friendly and welcoming. Go through the grocery store in town...I find that a great way to see all the interesting products and what is commonly eaten in every foreign place I go. The music is great in the streets as you walk by stores. We also watched the fresh fish coming in on the boats in the harbour with the backdrop of the old fort used in the movie Romancing the Stone.
When I was there, it was safer on the peninsula where the big hotels were as there were army guards at the gated entrance to this tourist area. Not sure how much it has changed now. A great souvenir was the wonderful jewellry knockoffs of the Incan treasures. I still have a few nice pieces. On the beach opposite our hotel..hmm...sorry can't remember the name of this grand pink stuccoed place, there was a place called El Boney's where we'd eat coconut rice, tomato salad and red snapper, drinking Agua Diente and listening to coffee can music..yum..but I guess the retired boxer from Montreal can't still be running that. Boxing is/was HUGE in Cartagena as a way out of poverty and we chatted to a couple of young boys living on the street and hoping for their big chance at it.
Hope you don't miss it but be wary and enjoy.
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red stripe
Guest
seamom.. thank you for the information.
I know we all appreciate your sharing with us. do you by any chance have any pictures?
hey.. how about coming along? we could do a "S" tour :lol
I know we all appreciate your sharing with us. do you by any chance have any pictures?
hey.. how about coming along? we could do a "S" tour :lol
