Cartegena, Columbia

We arrived at Cartegena about 10 AM and we were surprised to see that we were at a large container port. The pier was not near town at all and  it was not going to be possible to walk to town as we planned to do. I was able to get the last available tickets for a town tour that left at 3 PM. Since we had time we walked to the end of the pier and there were a few very small shops there.

At least they had the pier nicely decorated with potted flowers!!
We had lunch, played gin rummy and napped waiting for the tour. The ship was not scheduled to depart until 7 PM so we had plenty of time for the tour. I took no still pics of Cartegena but took video instead.
Our tour guide said that Cartegena is much safer since they got the drug cartels out of Columbia. I guess they are now in Mexico. Columbia is the emerald mining capital of the world and they have some real beauties. Carol was looking at one bracelet and found out that the price was $27,000!! We had a very nice walk through the street of old Cartegena and in a park music was played by a group of policeman!! Also, Columbia is know for their coffee and we  had the opportunity to buy some but they had no decaf!!