POKI HAS ARRIVED! According to Maersk Tracking the Maersk Wakayama carrying Poki arrived in Cartagena at 05.42 this morning. Friday, 23rd August. In the morning I had a long WhatsApp chat with our shipping agent, Josue. After confirming the Wakayama had left Manzanillo and was due here on the 25th,…
Tuesday, 20th Yesterday was a day with little to report. I had extended our stay at our AirBnB and our host was coming to collect payment. At first he said it would be in the morning so we hung around waiting, then he said it wouldn’t be until afternoon. It…
We’ve now been in Colombia for 3 weeks. Another week to go before Poki is due to arrive. I’m not sure how we’re going to entertain ourselves. I think we’ve visited all of the tourist sights here in Cartagena. This morning the doorbell rang. It wasn’t early, but we were…
Dennis advised, yesterday, that I had spent the morning trying to sort out accommodation and arrange a meeting with our shipping agent. Good News – A meeting with our Shipping Agent We went to visit Summit Cargo Logistics, our agent here in Colombia. Our taxi driver had trouble locating the…
Last Night Last night, after dinner, we sat on the beach watching the crashing waves. After about 30 minutes the lights flickered and then went out. All along the beach was in darkness. After 10 minutes or so, the lights returned to one of the neighbouring properties. Then soon after,…
Saturday, Santa Marta We didn’t do a blog yesterday, as our fifth day in Santa Marta was developing into a routine with little of interest to report. As Dennis had decided his wardrobe wasn’t up to scratch, we went to the more modern, retail area of town. Now in possession…
In Santa Marta Old Town We were the last people for breakfast. Only emerging onto the rooftop restaurant just before 9.30. I don’t think we were very popular with the staff. Pleasingly is was fine and sunny. It remained this way almost all day. Just the odd drop of rain…
Journey from Cartagena On our way at 9am, Dennis was able to flag down a taxi to take us to the bus station quite quickly. Buying tickets was also easy. We had to show our passports and our names and passport? details were recorded on the tickets. Rather than getting…
I’m afraid today was also pretty much a non-event. Neither of us had any energy. Dennis is recovered from his attack of Montezuma’s revenge, but somewhat drained. It didn’t help that there was a power cut during the night, resulting in a loss of air conditioning and a night too…
Cartagena Despite arriving in Cartagena from Bogota late at night, the first noticeable difference was the heat. It’s very hot and more humid here. The day time temperature today is 31 degrees. Casa Moraira. We are staying at Casa Moraira, another boutique hotel in the old part of the city,…