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Anne & Carolyn's Panama Canal Cruise
Day 13 ~ Tuesday, April 9, 2013: Cartegena, Colombia
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| Cartagena ~ Photo by CWS | Cartagena Port ~ Photo by CWS | Bus fleet at port |
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| Crowd waiting impatiently to get off ship | DIRECTV in Cartagena | Street |
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| Another street | Demonstration for education at plaza | Yellow buildings |
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| Iglesia de San Pedro Claver | Our guide Edgar Veabel in forground Photo by CWS |
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| Church plaza ~ Photo by CWS | Statue of San Pedro Claver | Museum sign ~ Photo by CWS |
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| Museum at the San Pedro Cathedral ~ Photos by CWS | ||
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| Museum courtyard | ||
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| Parrots in the courtyard | San Pedro Cathedral | |
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| San Pedro Cathedral ~ Photo by CWS | Cathedral windows ~ Photo on left by CWS | |
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| Street scenes | ||
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| Shops | Guard at emerald shop | Fruit stand |
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| Entertainers | ||
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| Statue of Simon Bolívar ~ Photo by CWS | Simon Bolívar is known as “The Liberator,” of South America because of his efforts to free the colonies from Spanish rule. | "Cartagenians: If Caracas gave me life, Cartagena gave me glory.” ~ Simon Bolívar |
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| Man feeding birds | Park | |
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| Palace of the Inquisition and Historical Museum | ||
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| Police | Agent | |
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| The woman in red wanted us to
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Cartagena Cathedral ~ Photo by CWS | Cartagena Cathedral ~ Photo by CWS |
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| La Catedral Santa Catalina de Alejandria | ||
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| La Catedral Santa Catalina de Alejandria | ||
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| Guards at Emerald Museum | Tour group in the old city | |
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| Tourists and street vendors | Old city wall and building | City wall |
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| Wall | Fruit cart | Shops |
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| Shopping | Carolyn buying t-shirt | Along the water |
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| Beach park | More shops ~ Photo by CWS | |
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| Vendors & shops | Carolyn in search of coffee | Buying coffee in 7-11 type market |
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| Perplexed clerk gave too much change. | City scenes | |
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| Army base | Naval base | Bridge |
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| Statues on bridge | City traffic | Castillo San Felipe de Barajas |
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| Water anyone? | Castillo San Felipe de Barajas | |
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| Carolyn at the fort | Walkway to top of fort | Continuing on |
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| View of the city | Flag & walls | More walls |
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| Guide Edgar talking about fort | Carolyn in inside passage | Almost to top |
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| Walls & view on other side of fort | Resting | Tower |
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| Walls | Canon | |
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| Pink flowers | More traffic | Smurf & Cinderella in window of green house |
More information
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena World Heritage Site
The Cloister, Museum and Church
of Saint Peter Claver (1580-1654)
Cartagena Cathedral
Castillo San Felipe de Barajas
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Photos in header: Niagara Falls; Big Sur, CA; Golden Gate Bridge, CA; Sunset on the Baltic Sea;
Virginia Creeper Trail, VA; Emerald Lake, Yukon, Canada; Glacier Bay, Alaska; Sunset on the Pacific; Triple Falls at
DuPont Forest, NC.
Header Photo Credits: All Anne S. Napier except Niagara Falls by Herman Stubblefield.
Updated December 7, 2013