{"id":54246,"date":"2025-12-30T23:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=54246"},"modified":"2026-01-05T21:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:20:46","slug":"cartagena-day-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=54246","title":{"rendered":"Cartagena Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Cartagena Day 4 Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nLast full day here in Cartagena, let\u2019s make it count. Without fail, our two housekeepers show up in the morning and make us an amazing breakfast.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter an unhurried start this morning, we are going to split into boys and girls groups. The girls are going shopping, the boys are going to\u2026walk around then find a bar.<\/p>\n

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\nCute.<\/p>\n

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\nPassing through the same square we\u2019ve passed through several times now.<\/p>\n

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\nGetting close to Plaza de los Coches, where we saw the Christmas Tree display two nights ago. It\u2019s much more touristy and rowdy feeling over here. I\u2019m so glad we are on the quieter side of town.<\/p>\n

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\nRL would love the patina on this building. And that its yellow and green.<\/p>\n

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\nPedro de Heredia, the founder of Cartagena. Spanish conquistador, not exactly a friendly guy to the local natives.<\/p>\n

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\nMonumento Torre del Reloj.<\/p>\n

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\nSetting up celebration for 2026.<\/p>\n

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\nWe looked at a shop selling knock off soccer jerseys. The knocks offs here look and feel like knock offs. We did not buy anything.<\/p>\n

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\nWe are now outside the Old City. Going to walk to another neighborhood, Getsemani. Used to be a poor rough neighborhood, but now getting gentrified. Think East Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nThat\u2019s a pretty nice fake facade to hide construction.<\/p>\n

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\nEntering Getsmani.<\/p>\n

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\nFlag street\u2026because it has\u2026flags.<\/p>\n

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\nDefinitely a little edgier and rougher here. Not to the point where it\u2019s unsafe, just not as much traveled by most tourists.<\/p>\n

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\nPedro Romero statue in Plaza de la Trinidad. I think he led one of the uprising against Spanish rule for an independent Colombia.<\/p>\n

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\nLove these vibrant colors. Come on, use your muscles and push yourself up.<\/p>\n

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\nThere you go. We are taking a short break to see if we can find a spot where he can get something cold to drink and something cold to drink for the adults too.<\/p>\n

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\nPlaza de la Trinidad from another angle.<\/p>\n

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\nMy phone has been doing weird things. I can\u2019t get on the fast data network and even when I\u2019m on 3G it keeps on dropping all service. Sigh. I guess we\u2019ll resort to the old school travel way or just walking around and following our eyes and nose to find where to get a drink.<\/p>\n

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\nTheir ice cream machine was broken, so we decided to go somewhere else. It\u2019s late morning, but a lot of restaurants\/cafes are still not open. Things in Cartagena just open late.<\/p>\n

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\nI bet this area will be super gentrified in about 10 years. I mean, it\u2019s already getting pretty gentrified.<\/p>\n

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\nIt\u2019s hot, restaurants are open, let\u2019s just duck into some bar here for a drink. I guess Little KL will just have water for the time being.<\/p>\n

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\nI planned ahead and brought his iPad with us. Otherwise any down time will just be one or both of us entertaining him for the whole time while he says he\u2019s bored.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is one of the brewpub beers. It was alright, nothing too special if I\u2019m honest.<\/p>\n

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\nSmile. The adults are happy with our beers, LKL is happy with his iPad time. With that said, he\u2019s getting hungry, we are all getting hungry. Let\u2019s go look for some food.<\/p>\n

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\nStreet canopy decor seems to be a theme here in Getesmani.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, let\u2019s make our way back to Old Town and try to find some lunch there.<\/p>\n

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\nThis area between Getsemani and Old Town seems to be where actual residents of Cartagena actually do their shopping and living.<\/p>\n

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\nLKL has been complaining about hunger. Oh look, a bakery.<\/p>\n

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\nThey ran out of chocolate breads but they did have this fresh bun. It was delicious according to LKL.<\/p>\n

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\nBack in Old Town.<\/p>\n

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\nLunch spot.<\/p>\n

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\nYes, you can use your iPad while we wait for the food to come out.<\/p>\n

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\nAnother cerviche place. Yum.<\/p>\n

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\nWhile the boys were having lunch, the girls were having their own adventures.<\/p>\n

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\nThe girls visited the same spots that we did, Plaza de los Coches.<\/p>\n

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\nRemember this square with the gingerbread church? The girls walked by here too.<\/p>\n

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\nThey even got ice cream!<\/p>\n

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\nAs the girls were having their ice cream, the boys were too. These photos between the two groups were both taken at around the same time stamp. How funny.<\/p>\n

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\nWe all made it back to the Airbnb after lunch and ice cream. Time for some pool time.<\/p>\n

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\nRL got a little ball for the pool. The game is kids in middle, RL and BH at the ends. Dodge the balls thrown at you\u2026yes, that\u2019s it. It was kinda like Wack-a-mole. The kids had to duck under the water before the ball hit them.<\/p>\n

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\nThe kids really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

Then it\u2019s nap time, and early dinner, then packing our luggage.<\/p>\n

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\nWe all enjoyed our first dinner spot on the night we got to Cartagena, we decided to come back here. It was also nice that we got to sit in the same large table as last time. This is kind of like our family Christmas dinner since it\u2019s just 3 days away, and we won\u2019t actually all be in the same city by then. Kinda cool.<\/p>\n

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\nIn a better mood tonight than the first night\u2026just a bit.<\/p>\n

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\nOrdered some new dishes.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd some old dishes. Everything was delicious again!! It wasn\u2019t a fluke, this place is just really good.<\/p>\n

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\nAfter dinner, some of us went to the grocery store to look for snack or breakfast items for the kids tomorrow morning. Since we are leaving early, the ladies will not be there to make breakfast so we need some things to feed the kids. The other group took the kids back to Airbnb to start packing. They\u2019ve got milk in cartons not in the fridge here. I wish they would do this in the US too.<\/p>\n

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\nWWWOOAAhhh. Kit Kat cereal! I\u2019m getting it, and bringing it back to Austin.<\/p>\n

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\nAlright, time to head back and start packing. Our flight is at 8am, and our driver will be picking us up early at 5am\u2026that\u2019s early. But after the 2am wake up 5 nights ago in Austin to get here, 5am pick up time seems reasonable.<\/p>\n

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\nAs I\u2019m opening the door to into our Airbnb, next door there was a very poor local picking through and eating the leftover food from trash bags set out to be picked up by the trash truck. My first thought was maybe I should get him some of our leftover food from our fridge? Then I thought maybe he would be upset with me if I did that\u2026somehow that\u2019s what I thought about. Then I thought about how I would get sick from eating the old thrown out food that he\u2019s eating. Then I went into the Airbnb and got distracted by helping the kids pack and didn\u2019t remember this photo until now. I felt like I should have done something to help\u2026<\/p>\n

To be continued at Home, Sweet Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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