I’m planning to meet friends in Cartagena in a week from now. Since I’m only 350 km away from the Caribbean coast I’m a couple of days ahead of schedule. A rest day in Caucasia was in order then.
The hotel I had found last night was cheap but noisy. A disco next door was playing very loud music until 3 in the morning. After years of sleeping in a new place every night I’m not too sensitive when it comes to noise in the night, but I decided to have a look around town for a new room.
Caucasia (80.000 inhabitants) is the biggest city between Medellin and Cartagena. I would say the most spectacular thing about Caucasia is the location right on the Cauca River. I had a quick look around but spent most of the day in front of my computer – I managed to keep the productivity up and finish almost all the things I had planned.
As the sun was setting I was not too happy to notice that my new hotel was just as noisy as the one I had left in the morning. The super loud music was blasting into my room all night. Silence is obviously not something that is high on the agenda in Colombia!
After more than a year on the roads of South America, you must somewhat be fluent in Spanish by now.
Since I follow your blog side by side on my other monitor using Google Maps, I could see that some of Caucasia’s streets are bisected by two rivers (Rio Cauca & Rio Taraza) , it must be somewhat similar to Venice in a way. What a charming place it must be!
Majority of Latin Americans are fun-loving people that’s why every small town have a ‘fiesta’ (festivity).
You must be ready with your ear-plugs at night up to Mexico!