it is -20 right now in the canadian prairies it is plus 30 here in cartagena colombia
i can't tell you guys how happy i am with my life choices right now so welcome friends welcome to
this beautiful city this is my second uh stop here on my trip in colombia this is
a very popular tourist destination uh for both colombians and regular tourists alike cartagena
is really the gateway to all the famous caribbean islands that they have off the coast of colombia
and it's a fairly big city like it's a city of about a million people the area where we are right
now is called boca grande this is kind of a newer build that's on a split of land that has access to
all these public beaches really the main beaches right in cartagena and it really is the rich part
of town they call it little miami actually because of all of these high rises and the beachfront
right there where i'm staying and where i would personally recommend you guys stay is actually the
old part of town which is over there it's kind of called the walled city area because it's in
there that you'll find a lot of the rich history and just a very beautiful sort of area of what
cartagena used to look like back in the day and i just think it's a more authentic experience than
being here in just the new high rises and all that kind of stuff but if you are looking for
a beach experience this would be the place to go so join me for a little city tour guys i'm gonna
take you through all the different uh areas of the city give you a little bit of a background of
the interesting history that they have here taste some amazing food and just enjoy being in plus 30.
so welcome to the mainland guys this is actually the area of the city that i am staying in it is
called gethsemane and it is considered to be the hippest place in cartagena it's obviously super
colorful really artistic there's even artists who like display their canvases uh all down
these streets and it's a very safe really nice place to stay i'm actually staying in a hostel
that's called life is good cartagena and i would definitely uh recommend it it's one of the best
in the city it's also the most expensive as far as hostels go but the reason that i chose it
is because it actually has a phenomenal rooftop that overlooks the city it has like two jacuzzis
up there some lounge chairs so it's a really great place to either have your morning coffee or have a
drink in the evening and just on a whole the staff that works there is super nice you get breakfast
included so if you're looking to stay in this area i would recommend staying at life is good carteena
do
so before i give you guys a grand tour of the walled city which is
kind of the main attraction of cartagena i'm actually super hungry it is lunch time
and i made a reservation at one of the nicest restaurants in all of cartagena it is called
alma it's supposed to be fusion colombian food from my understanding but it's super
well reviewed it's a really beautiful restaurant and cartagena in general is supposed to have some
of the best restaurants in colombia so if you are a foodie this is the city to go to
i have never seen them give a bag for a face mask before
so the prices actually aren't as outrageous as i was expecting um they didn't post them online
as expensive restaurants don't but i got this appetizer which everybody was raving about called
the coconut ceviche i'm not a big ceviche person but everybody was saying it was super good so i
ordered that and i think in american dollars it was approximately 15 something like that and then
i ordered the beef short rib which is supposed to be done in a cartokina style whatever that means
and that was basically 25 us dollars okay i am super glad i came here how unique does this look
guys i have never seen a dish uh quite like this before basically it is a white fish uh ceviche
which is soaked in coconut milk and lime which sounds delicious and then they have you know
some tomatoes some onion some shredded coconut some kind of coconut sauce all mixed together
with of course some plantain chips to dip it in this is just so unique sad news my waiter just
let me know they're all out of short rib today so instead i ordered the pork belly
which comes with a local coconut bun and a papaya slaw that sounded really interesting all right so
second dish this looks super interesting this is the pork belly and this is actually an appetizer
um instead of a full main and i'm glad i did that because the ceviche was actually super filling
uh this is the braised pork belly and we've got a cabbage and papaya slaw which looks delicious
he said this was a brown sugar aioli sort of thing and then this is the coconut bun
that looks completely different than i expected it to but a very unique looking dish
so now that it's three o'clock and not completely scorching hot out let me give you guys a tour of
the walled city here in cartagena which is in my opinion the most beautiful part of the city
it is still in the colonial style and there is a seven mile radius of wall that contains the inner
part of the city cartagena as we know it today was actually founded in 1533 by this guy pedro
di herreria which was a commander in the spanish army and he ended up finding this area which was
actually supposed to be an american indian uh village that was abandoned and he ended up
bringing sailors from the spanish city cartagena which is how the city got its name cartagena de
india decades later there was actually a lot of treasure that was found in this area from
sunken ships which really enriched the city and was another reason of why they decided to build
this huge wall around the city to basically protect themselves from invaders and also pirates
a very sad part of cartagena's history is actually beginning in the 17th century when
this was the largest port for the slave trade initially the spanish had just captured some of
the indigenous people that were already here and used them as slaves but later they began
bringing in people from africa who would then be moved to a whole bunch of different countries
so obviously that's just a horrendous and just disgusting thing that was happening
and you could argue is still happening in many different ways but that is
a part of this city's history and uh why it actually became so rich to begin with
now one last tip of coming to cartagena from me to you
is that just expect you are going to have people coming up to you trying to sell you something
every two to five minutes if you are in the main centers you gotta respect the hustle but at the
same time it does get super annoying so i would recommend that if you're not interested just keep
moving because if you give any indication that you're interested they won't leave you alone
so to end off this video here in the caribbean sea in cartagena would i recommend coming to this city
100 sure it's a little bit cheesy sure there's the element of people constantly coming up to you
trying to sell you something every five minutes but outside of that i think the city has so much
to offer i have really enjoyed my time here and i would recommend you guys check it out but let
me know in the comments let me know if you have been to cartagena or are there any other colombian
cities you would recommend i would love to know your suggestions because i still have
almost two months in this beautiful country but as always i hope you guys enjoyed the
video i'm sending you so much love and keep being your own kind of beautiful bye guys
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