We
booked to stay at Barlovento Cabana (Barloventotayrona.gmail.com;
Barloventotayrona.com). It’s expensive (Lonely Planet “The best place in
Colombia”) but not worth it. US$170/night for a double room. The problem is
that 3rd world countries simple don’t have the infrastructure,
vision or capability to deliver top-end services comparable to a developed
country. The architecture of the place is interesting and it’s featured near
the front of several architectural magazines that the owner has left lying
around. Dinner and breakfast is included but both are mediocre despite the best
efforts of Mia, our Colombian maid and cook. Our bedroom is right on top of the
surf and so the noise keeps us awake. A crocodile is asleep on the river’s edge
on a sandbank below-I hope the flooring is secure. We move on the next day.
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