Christmas Adventures: December 30th

The morning of the 30th we left Monteria and arrived in Cartagena 35 minutes later. We laughed at our stupidity of an 8 hour day on a bus compared to the simplicity of jumping on a plane. It was our last full day in Cartagena and with our early arrival, we once again found ourselves wondering the city. We bartered for CDs, we visited the Inquisition museum, and finally checked into our hotel—the only hotel I could find with availability for the 30th. That night we went to the Carlos Vives concert at the bullfighting arena.

The morning of the 31st came way too quickly. Duane’s Colombian vacation was coming to an end, and I was choking on tears the whole morning. I didn’t want him to leave, and I dreaded going back to Monteria. But I left first thing in the morning for my flight and left Duane in Cartagena to fend for himself before his afternoon flight to Panama.

I made it back to Monteria and Duane arrived back in Canada with no glitches in his return flight, and we both wonder how we can get back to Cartagena to live and work.