This place is absolutely heavenly compared to Bogota. Very different cities. Bogota is on a mountain. Sta. Marta is on the coast. There are palm trees and cool breezes here in Santa Marta.
Left the hostel at Bogota at 11:30am. Arrived at the hostel in Santa Marta at 8:30pm. Got to the airport really early and the flight was delayed. After arriving in Barranquilla's airport (because there were no cheap direct flights to Santa Marta), I asked the tourist information desk how I could get to Santa Marta. The guy clearly didn't care about his job and just pointed at an old man who started walking towards the parking lot. I asked him how much the ride to Santa Marta would be and he said $150,000 pesos, or about $88. We told him no, and went to the taxi stand to grab a ride to the Terminal Transporte ($15,000p) where we took a bus to Santa Marta's bus terminal ($16,000p), then a cab to our hostel ($8,000p). It was a long trip. Looks way closer on the map. I'm hanging in a hammock right now typing this blog and about to go to sleep. Oh yeah, this place has hammocks as well as beds.
Interesting stuff. Pics and more stories tomorrow. It's been a long day.
Oh hammock life. That's the life :)
ReplyDeleteGotta get some drinks to sip on!
Looks like a ton of fun! Keep the blog and pictures coming.Look forward to more.
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