Today we are making our way into Cartagena, Colombia.
Here's our tour guide in front of the San Felipe fort. See all the ramps we will climb up?
Kimberly taking a break after climbing some of the ramps in the 95-degree heat.
These old cannons were reused as anchor points for hoisting equipment up the ramps.
The views of the city from the top of the fort.
You can see the waterway that the fort was designed to protect.
The small holes are defensive; the large one is the internal access.
The triangular formation is for stacking cannonballs.
Us with the city flag of Cartagena.
Our tour guide Kike explaining the architecture.
They then took us to a local marketplace.
Inside one of the shops.
Walking around the streets of the downtown area.
We enter the San Pedro Claver monastery.
It has a small museum in it with the history of the area.
A garden connecting the monastery to the church next door.
Inside the church.
Walking around another square in town with the cathedral in the distance.
A large sculpture of a heart in one of the squares.
Independence Square.
We pass by another flea market area...
...on the way to this park.
There was a Cartagena in Spain, so the Colombian city is actually "Cartagena de Indias".
We are now walking around the Museum of the Inquisitors.
The Spanish Inquisition continued on in the Americas long after it ended in Europe.
A guillotine on display in the museum, even though it was not really part of the inquisition.
A view back toward San Felipe fort from across the river.
On the way back to the ship, the port area had some birds running about...
...and some other animals on display, such as these tortoises.
