Taganga, Colombia

Taganga:
It is located 15mins from Santa Marta. Traditionally it is a fishing village but now it is another stop on the ¨gringo trail¨ in Northern Colombia. Being anywhere on the Caribbean coast has a different feeling than being in Bogota or Medellin. The people are a lot darker here, and the Spanish sounds different and the music is latin with a touch of caribbean sound. It`s definately a laid back atmosphere! There are restaurants and stalls that line the beach most of them offering fish, plantain, rice and salad all for only $5.00 CAD. (which is what we usually eat for lunches) Since it is school holidays for the Colombian children the town is alive with people. Every night there is music being played until late, and the little children are running around until the wee hours of the night. The weather is still very very hot and humid, but occasionally there is a nice breeze from the sea.

There are many other beaches in the area that can be access by boat and there is no shortage of fisherman selling rides. We have come to realize that the beaches here are not like the paradise beaches found in asia... but they certainly have their own charm and once we made that realization, we stopped searching for beaches that didn´t exist. Currently we are not sure where the next stop will be for us. We have about 3 weeks left and have considered either changing our ticket and leaving for Costa Rica earlier than planned, staying around here and relaxing for a while or seeing some sights in Venezuela. Stayed tuned for our decision.........

~Nicola

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Taganga, Columbia pt. 1