Back in black!

Terribly sorry for my tardiness on this bloggy thing, I've had some technical difficulties which have now been rectified plus there was an issue with some underfed monkeys which I really can't go into.

So, I figured I could summarise what's been happening mainly through the medium of photographs.

We went to the seaside (pictured above) on the Caribbean . Now I'm not really one for the beach, or going outside and doing stuff. But this was a pretty nice beach as you can see. I even went in the water and it was pretty good I guess. We slept here in a hammock next to the ocean which was great, but if you're knocking at the door of 2 meters in height my advice would be to ask for 2 hammocks joined together.

This little fellow joined us in the sleeping quarters and I believe he possessed the power of Xray vision.

Next up was the fairytale city of Cartagena, as featured in the famous Marquez novel 'Love in the time of Cholera' which I know you all adore. It was a very impressive sight I have to say

with 12 meter thick walls surrounding the place apparently to protect it from pirates and Keith Richards. Add to this the fact that the enclosed old town was perfectly preserved in its 17th century colonial style, it's the perfect setting for making babies.

The city also features many gastronomical delights such as this and if there was one meal I could eat for the rest of my life, it would be this one. It's just curried chicken, but it's what they do with it you see darl. I don't know exactly what they do with it, but it was simply cock hardening. Gabby's meal is in the background which is fillet mignon, not bad in it's own right especially for about $8 US.

This guy is a famous Salsa musician and we were lucky enough to sneak into a packed club and see his band perform a few sets. The atmosphere at these shows is electric and he was fantastic, plus he was nice enough to hold still for me so I could take this photo. It's probably my favourite pic of the trip so far and the funny thing is that it was taken with my little 'party camera' and not my big boy camera.

Gab had a little boogie later on that night with our friend Marta, whereas our friend Bruce and I sat down like men. I must say Gab looked quite on home in the salsa club, which is no surprise because we all know dat girl got skills.

Next day we explored some of the tunnels that were hidden inside the city walls. It was pretty exhillerating I must say, seemingly akin to a labaryth in some sections. I think I saw David Bowie hanging out eating a toffee apple in one of the dimly lit corridors. One tunnel we chose dropped steeply into the earth and must have descended approximately 100 meters below the surface. It was pretty spooky down here, especially considering the fact that 100's of people perished in these tunnels during attacks on the city. We decided to turn around when the lights went out and the path turned to mud.

Next up, the famed drug trafficking city of Medellin.