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Sunday, March 12, 2006

Park Tayrona


Tayrona
is a national park containing some of the most beautiful beaches in Colombian, I went for a visit on Saturday, but arrived too late to enter the park, as the entrance is allowed until 5 pm, so I stayed at some cabanas just outside the park, and entered the next morning, it meant I had only one day to see the park, as the next day I was leaving for ciudad perdida, there was no transport to take me into the park, so I had to walk the 4km road which leads to the park, then another hour walk to reach the Arrifice beach, a very nice beach, great for taking photos, but not for swimming, fine sand and palm trees, I continued to la Piscina, the pool, a beach partially closed by a rock formation, making it ideal for swimming, the water was still cold though, after an hour the weather started to change, and darker clouds covered the sky, I decided it was to time to leave, I stopped at one of the camps at the Arrefice beach, were I had a fresh fish launch, and then head back to the entrance, this time at least there was transport to the entrance, saving me the 4km walk back to the entrance of the park, then I shared a taxi with some people back to Santa Marta, it cost me 5000 pesos, in hope if getting back quickly to Santa Marta, but the driver decided to take us the long scenic route instead, in Santa Marta, I went to sleep early as I had a few things to take care of in the morning before heading to the Ciudad Perdida, I woke up early, booked my flight to Bogota for the next Sunday, then signed and send a fax for my lawyer, as he had to attend a trial on my behalf, some lawsuit that does not really concern me, but somebody decided to saw everybody related to the land he sold many years ago.

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