By Senem Tongar
After Cuba our next destination was Colombia. My sister and I were traveling in Colombia between 18 and 24th January 2015. We stayed 4 days in Bogota and 5 days in Cartagena. We enjoyed both of those cities but our favorite was the pearl of Caribbean, Cartagena. At least a week is enough for visiting Cartagena and its surroundings. Continue reading “Colombia Vacation Expenses (Plus Excel File)”
Colombia was our first destination in South America. We were a little bit wary about Colombia because of warnings we received from some of our friends who had been and had lived in Colombia about crime and robbery. But the capital city of Colombia, Bogota, with its Soho style red brick houses and the queen of the Caribbean Coast, Cartagena, with its Spanish colonial heritage style, a maze of cobbled alleys, balconies covered in bougainvillea totally amazed us. Despite its bad reputation we found out that Colombia is one of the most beautiful countries in South America. Continue reading “12 Interesting Facts About Colombia,The Land of Coffee and Emerald”
In 2014 December, my sister and I stepped on Antigua and Barbuda after our Atlantic Crossing Adventure. After a while, we got acquainted with sailors in the marina and local people around the harbour and got updated about what happened in the world while we were crossing the Atlantic Ocean. We found out that the US embargo in Cuba will be off soon. We started to think about visiting Cuba before the American tourists invade the island after the embargo.
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In the Dominican Republic, we found a cheap flight to Havana and wanted to visit Cuba before the lifting of US embargoes and the invasion of American tourists. We had only 5 days to see Vinales, Havana and its surroundings. We stayed in Havana and made daily trips to Havana surroundings.
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My sister and I headed to the Dominican Republic after Antigua and Barbuda. We spent 11 days in this beautiful island on the Caribbean sea. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to visit its neighboring country, Haiti or Puerto Rico. We found the Dominican Republic moderately cheap after Antigua and Barbuda. We really liked its green nature, great beaches and smiley people. You can read all of my previous posts, articles, pictures and experiences about the Dominican Republic using this link, but this post is more about budget details for a the Dominican Republic trip.
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With this post, I will be adding another article to my collection of posts about movies and travel. It’s a good habit to keep yourself motivated to travel all the time by watching some inspiring movies. Here are 5 movies that you should definitely watch if you’re an avid traveler.