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Coming from Bogota we had a 3-day stop at Cartegena, a beautiful old town at the carbiibean coast. You could compare this city a little bit with Havanna, it has a beautiful Spanish architecture and the typical colours. The Old Town is renovated, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and today a beautiful place to stay with some really lovely small hotels and with a lot of good restaurants and cafeterias.

The official name is Cartagena de Indias. The early Spanish explorers were searching for a more direct trading route to the spices of India and so their efforts were described as La Ruta de India. The Historic Cartagena was founded in 1533 by Don Pedro de Herediahas.

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