PARQUE TAYRONA . . . 3 . . . COLOMBIA

This sun soaked relaxing morning turned for the worst real quick when a small boat bringing supplies capsized. Papayo and I ran to fetch rope, but all we could find that would be useful was my hammock. We scurried over the rocks and as we got around the bend we anxiously searched for survivors, but all we could see was crates upon crates of soft drinks bobbing in the rough open waters. In the end all 3 men were saved only sustaining minor cuts, bruises and a serious loss as their brand new $5000 generator was now located somewhere on the oceans floor. On the beach for the next few hours random drinks would wash ashore, at nearly fridge temperature. 

In the afternoon we went for a little hike down along the beaches and came by a number on monkeys, palms, sand, water and a joint generously passed around by a passer bye. 

BRANDON PERELSON AND FRIENDS. SO DOPE!

PARQUE TAYRONA . . . 2 . . . COLOMBIA

We stopped by this old ladies house which was situated in the middle of the jungle, beach side and we enjoyed some fresh baked buns with chocolate filling from a wood fire oven! Along the way we came by a really nice little beach and discussed going for a swim. A guy from New Zealand informed us that it wasnt a good an idea as there was a massive 2-3 meter long crocodilde on the beach about 20 minutes earlier. We thought he was pulling our leg until a few days later when some girls from Belgium showed us photos of the monster.

We paid an over priced rate to string our hammocks up or for a tent to rent for the next 3 days and were simply blown away about how strict this place was, felt like we were on a grade 6 school camp, but we met some good people and the the nazi style camp coordinators couldn't harm the unspilt nature!

MALMO

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Miss you dearly mate! Hope to seeya sooner then later!

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PARQUE TAYRONA . . . COLOMBIA . . .

I think we were all happy to leave the parties of Cartagena behind us and explore some of the Colombian nature which we have been hearing so much about. First stop was 'Parque Tayrona' which is situated in the north of Colombia on the Caribbean Coast. Unfortunately we arrived to late to hike in so we ended up staying outside the park with a really nice family whose house was full of hammocks for people passing by. Their young daughter 'Luna' (moon) played the part of of guide/guard withe her man size machete. There was a snooker bar across the road, Sunday night and the music roared until the early hours of the morning. We had a couple beers and enjoyed some games of pool while the locals danced salsa in the dim-lit roadside bar swinging a young girl whose face looked exactly like that of David Gonzalez!
The following morning we had some breakfast, fussed over what to leave behind got searched extensively by police at the entrance of the park for drugs/alcohol and finally we were in paradise. Although our destination was some 2-3 hours away through the thick, tropical Colombian rainforest.  

CARTAGENA 2 . . . COLOMBIA . . .

Cartagena really chewed us up and spat us out like a wasted piece of chicle. Jye broke the couch, himself and horse kicked me through a glass table and unfortunately left us there and had to head back to Australia.

One day while we were wondering the colorful alley ways we met this incredible old artist Guillermo, whose work was seriously something else. While browsing his collection we found an amazing painting of this young Caribbean child on a skateboard and we promised we would return the following day. When we returned to buy some prints he presented us 5 new paintings that he blasted out the after we left because he said he was inspired by our skateboards, what a guy and so bizarre to see a painting of former Mao Zedong the the founding father of the Peoples Republic of China.

A massive thanks to Camo and Maryam for showing us a wild wild time!