After almost 3 days at sea we arrived in Cartegena, Columbia (South America) this morning while we were still asleep. Had a quick breakfast at 08:00 and then joined a 3 hour tour of the sights. The tours you can pick up once you leave the ship are much cheaper than the organized tours. Cartegena is a very historic city of around 1 million people and Victor Caballero our tour guide spent 3 hours showing us the sights. We also visited an emerald factory. Columbia is one of the main exporters of emeralds. A lot of Colombia can be quite lawless but Cartegena is considered a 'safe' destination - no guns are allowed and there seemed to be lots of police around to enforce this. The old city dates back to the 1620's and is completely surrounded by high walls which date back to a time when pirates were commonplace. The Pearl departed quite promptly at 3 pm and we are now headed directly for the Panama Canal and are due to commence our transit at around 7:30.
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