Isla De Sol

 

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Today, we arranged with the hotel to have us taken on a snorkeling expedition to one of the outlying islands. Which they did. At 8:30, a woman showed at the hotel, walked us to another hotel down the street where she retrived an old swiss couple (the husband was a retired watch maker), and then hailed us a cab to the docks. Once we got there, we had to wait for the rest of the passengers to arrive – 25 in total, plus crew.

 

 

 
The “new” cartagena, seen from the harbor

 
Forgot the name, but there’s a statue to the
patron saint of Cartagena out in the middle of the harbor

 
One of the many coral reefs that people have turned into homes

The island we ended up at, 18km from the coast, seen from the beach

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once we got to the island, after an hour long cruise out into the sea, they let us stretch out and have a few drinks. Then we were presented with choices – snorkleing, hanging by the pool, hanging by the beach, or going to the aquarium. Surprisingly, it was only the minority of us that chose snorkeling. And those other people missed out.

It’s just amazing, blue sands, coral reefs, tropical fish of every color as far as you can see. My only issue was that i got winded… I attribute that to the cigarettes and have now resolved to try to quit upon my return due to a newfound liking of snorkeling, and the money saved could easily help finance annual expedititions such as this one.

  

Food was served. A simple meal centered around fish, as is usual when you’re by the water I guess. Nothing to complain about!