We arrived on time at 10am in Cartegena. I had forgotten how pretty the approach was and it was interesting to watch the Captain pilot the Koningsdam through the S approach and docked us skillfully. During this process I tried out my new portable SIM card, and it worked well. We disembarked quickly and headed for the naval museum give was very interesting. There's a separate building housing one of the world's first submarines.
We then headed for downtown to walk on the main walking street Calle Major which gas this amazing marble tile surface. We enjoyed a nice lunch of fried squid and veggies before heading out to walk up to the castle that overlooks the harbor and has been in the possession of a series conquering groups of Goths, Muslims, & Catholics. Cartegena was the port through which much of the wealth from the New World passed.
We descended from the castle and walked through the town and found a supermarket where I purchased to water with gas and learned that distilled water is sold at the Perfume store!
We were among the last on board just before 5:30 and watched a challenging sail away due to strong winds. Another cool feature of the Cartegena harbor are the two tunnels used in WWII to hide submarines. Dinner this evening was taken in he Lido Market Place and followed by a funny British Comedian, Martin Beaumont, who we have seen before. We also spent some time listioning to the dualing pianists in he very popular Billboard Onboard. WD ended our evening watching some BBC nature programs on the Lido Screen.
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