Tiffany - Colombia - Intro to Colombia

Picture taken on my morning run in Bocagrande

After 3 weeks in Brazil we have moved on to our 2^nd country in South America. This is also my 9^th country visited in the past 3 months and I am still super excited to explore. We left Rio at around 6am, stopped for a layover in Lima, Peru, then another layover in Bogota and after almost 18 hours of traveling, we arrived at our apartment in Cartagena.
My first few observations of Cartagena included:

• The airport appears to be in the middle of a neighborhood. Literally, you can exit the parking lot and people are walking around, shopping at corner markets or sitting on their porches.
• The taxis here are SUPER tiny. Our driver took out a cord to strap two of the suitcases to the back of the car for our short drive to the apartment. I’m pretty sure we all held our breath for the entire 15 minute drive praying that we wouldn’t turn around to see our clothes scattered across the road 
• People here are very nice. I went on a run on the morning of our second day in Cartagena through one of the wealthier neighborhoods (Bocagrande)  and was surprised to be greeted every few minutes with an occasional “Buenos Dias” or “hola”. This wasn’t something that I experienced much during the past week in Rio so it totally took me by surprise.

Excited to be in our apartment!

Cab driver trying to figure out our luggage issue