Day 52 Friday, April 26th. Bus from Cartagena to Taganga

Another crowded bus journey (5 hours so not too bad this time) and about US$25 each. We arrive and walk to the Hostel La Casa DeFelipe and manage to get room 24.

Now we are on the north coast of Colombia and on its Caribbean shore.

It’s a nice and busy place and they have a great roof-top common area that catches the evening breezes off the ocean and the sunset over Taganga. An insomniac cockerel and several barking dogs keep us awake at night. Maybe that cockerel is trying to pass a kidney stone.

One problem with extended travelling is that you lose control over your environment. (The bus driver has the radio up too loud; the shower water is too hot or too cold. Etc etc.) It’s what you give up when you catch the bus to work instead of driving your car. After a while this can get to you.