Jorge's police escort
What: Random spontaneous adventures in South America
Costs (per person):
Flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Barranquilla: $150
Gas to FLL: $17
Parking: $4
Tolls: $2
Private shuttle from Barranquilla airport to Cartagena (roundtrip): $25
Hostel in Cartagena: $9
Fruit smoothie: $1.25
Restaurant menu del dia: $3
Castle entry fee: $4
Mud volcano entry fee: $3
Total (highly variable) : $250
Trip Members: Jeff, Jorge, Mike, Nick, Kami, Stephanie, Cat, Reade, Zorana, Evan, James, Brian, Jessica, Andrea, Sarah, Alex, Jackson, and Justin
Trip Logs:
Jeff's Log
Jorge's police escort
From atop the ramparts
Bar with $1.25 beers
Mud people
Highly trained drug-sniffing playful pooch
Dancing with the drunk guys
Stoplight performers
Post-mud volcano
Late night smoothie and cocktail shops.
Atop the castle
Cozy ride to the volcano
Preparing our lunch
Tire hanging
Cozier ride back from volcano
Baseball field
Examining the morning's catch
One of three bag-checks/pat-downs
Waiting for the parade
Some seemed better rested than others.
Cat showing off her illicit 8-ounce tube of toothpaste
Our luxury airport shuttle
Our hostel was oddly quiet at 4 in the morning
Cat attempting to catch up on lost hours of sleep
Live music and dancing with random drunks
Cat collecting seagull poop
City's famed naked Indian
Castle
Underground tunnels
Our trusty taxi
Not getting any less tired as the day goes on...
James doing her part in the kitchen
Incredibly delicious fish plate
Children of the mud
Mud volcano
Souvenir mud?
Car trouble
Interesting hostel art
Random cultural performances
Looks like the work of Botero...
Random parade
Cat, Reade, and the Broaster Bird
Trail to the beach
Pulling in the day's catch
Precariously perched pet
"Tunnel of Love"
Wet season crossing
Local entrepreneur
The rowdy section
Team insecticide?
Jerseys, cops and mildly perturbed guy.
Watching the game through a hole in the wall
Parade snacks
One of hundreds of xylophones
Popsicle sales vehicle
Sensing some common themes in the meals...
At this point, we were all wishing we had thought to grab this hammock.