Not sure taking a boat ride was a good idea after a late late night of dancing and drinking. In from the night before at 3:30am, we headed out at 7:30am over to the marina area to catch our boat that would take us for a tour along the outer islands of Cartagena. The ride to Isla del Rosario was 3 hours, and not a fun ride. We were all tired, hungry and hungover, and the weather was getting hot. There were lots of people on the boat, families and newlyweds and singles, and I was just not really being tolerable of crowds at the moment. Finally we landed and our first stop was the oceanario for an hour. It was their version of an aquarium but everything was outside, sectioned off in the ocean. There was a small dolphin show, a shark feeding show, and then explanations of other fish and turtles that were there too. We boarded back onto the boat again and sailed over to Playa Blanca on Isla de Baru for some beach rest and fun. We laid out in our chairs, ate and drank coconut, and enjoyed the sun while fending off beach vendors every 30 seconds. I’m ok with eating varieties of food, but I can’t deal with food that still has heads attached. So when it came time for lunch I had to skip most of it as I couldn’t eat fish with a fish head and tail still attached. The Miguels went and did a little snorkeling after lunch and I just wanted some quiet solitary time to enjoy the island. The boat ride home seemed shorter than the ride in the morning, I think it was only 2 hours this time. Once back at the mainland, we went back to the hotel and rested for an hour with showers, emails to friends and family, etc.
Dinner again was back over at Plaza de Santo Domingo – it was THE area for dinner, drinks, and people watching! I was mellow with pizza and pina coladas – it was our last night in Cartagena so we made the best of it even with everyone being tired from the night before and the long day we just had. We did however call it an early night that night – well somewhat. Tomorrow we had a little more time in Cartagena for sightseeing and shopping before heading over to Santa Marta & Toganga.
