Cartagena Country Description

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Next year, which will be 2017, I will travel to Colombia on July 23 and I will be staying for four days touring the city of Cartagena in Colombia. I chose the month July because according to website audleytravel.com, this month brings in a mini dry season that brings wonderful conditions to the beautiful countryside, beaches, and jungles. I will get to Cartagena by flying with Delta airlines and the cost will be $644. The flight will get off at 7:45 am then land on Atlanta Georgia at 9:00 am. Then I will get on the next flight from Atlanta to Cartagena (9:45 am - 12: 50 pm). My budget in Colombia will be $6,000 for housing, food, transportation and touring with Tripadvisor. n my stay in Cartagena, I want to taste the tradition meal that is Fried fish with arroz de coco as shown to the right. …show more content…

San Pedro Hotel is a four star hotel spa as shown on the right. During my time in Cartagena Colombia, I will use the buses as transportation which costs from $55 to $100. The places that I am interested in visiting in Cartagena are Convento La Popa de la Galera, Rosario Islands, and the city of Cartagena itself. Day one, will be touring the La Popa Convent with Tripadvisor costing me $31.00. La Popa Convent (shown below) is a colonial complex that is great for observing religious life and have great views of the city. In the 17th century, the town Hall came to the conclusion that it would be a good idea to build a convent or monastery for the church people. Then in the 19th century, it was used as a headquarters and fortress during civil wars. By laws, it was an abandoned site until it was restored in 1964. This history of this site is important because it tells the story about the place and what the circumstances were around it. The reason why I want to visit this location is because when I saw the pictures of the location, I just knew I had to go see

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