Wednesday 25 January - Cartagena day 2

We set off on the bus at 9 this morning and went to Bocagrande (L shaped peninsula) and Manga (an island just south of downtown). These areas are commercial and residential, busier than the historic area where we are staying. We went to the Fortress of San Felipe de Barajas, the largest fortress the Spanish ever built in the colonies. Nice views of the city and the sea from here. It was sunny and hot, lots of street vendors wanting to sell us hats.
We had a 2 hour lunch break so we found a supermarket for some chips (crisps), fruit, cold beer, and cough medicine for Ian. Maybe not that healthy but what the heck. We went back to the hotel for a rest (and a nap for Ian).
The afternoon was spent on a walking tour of Getsemani, a suburb area of Cartegena that is being restored. It's funny how you can walk by and see right into people's houses through the open windows and doors, they don't seem to mind. Another rest after that, before going out for a lovely dinner. The group usually goes to local restaurants and the leader pays, this way we get to try different things rather than having hotel food. We both had sea bass and coconut rice and it was terrific.
As I'm writing this it is only 8:30 and we just got back from dinner, Ian is going to bed as he now has a bit of a fever, hope he is ok in the morning. So that means no photos!