Taganga, Colombia

This morning, Natanya (my new South African friend) and I boarded a bus to take us from Cartagena to Taganga which is 4 hours up along the coast of Colombia. It was actually a pretty posh bus that played 2 movies along the way. The first was 7 pounds and then the Sisters Keeper...I don{t know why, but I cried through both of them...oh well. We got dropped off in the middle of this small town with no idea of where any hostels were. We crossed the street and walked into a scubba diving store to ask where Casa Felipe was. We´ve heard from other backpackers that this is the place to be..or at least to eat dinner. The best chef is apparently working at this hostel. I also heard that right next door is another hostel, Casa Maria, which is going through some construction (half the inside of the building is empty) but it´s cheap and nice rooms. After walking a ways up the hill, we decided to settle at Casa Maria. By now, it is around 4 and the sun is going down so we decided to walk back down to the coast and watch the sunset and walk around a little. This city is in a little cove within the mountains, so beautiful. You see houses built into the mountain on three sides of you and the rich blue water straight infront of you. We walked around to one side where there is a path that I believe follows up over the mountain probably to a beach. Most people were walking back from there with their chairs and beach clothes. After it got close to dark we walked back up to our hostel and decided to have dinner with the Famous chef. Turns out he is from Holland, and the food defineatly was amazing. We shared the filet minon and thai beef cabob...the best beef so far in Colombia. We were the first ones there, so we sat at the bar which looks right into the kitchen and chatted with the chef. It atmosphere is just so calm and peaceful here. We walked up to the roof top with another glass of fresh juice and looked out at the stars. It was hard to leave to go back to our hostel, so we sat down and met a German fellow who offered a good hostel to stay at in Cali. We plan on flying there on Wed. Such a nice night. Tomorrow we are taking a bus to Tayrona Natinal park. Apparently this is where the most beautiful beach is, and you have to walk 45 mins in the park to get to it. We plan on staying a night there then come back to Taganga. Until then!