Once we got off the boat we walked to the downtown area inside the city walls. The walls served as protection from attack hundreds of years ago when the city’ only consisted of the cobble stoned colonial district. The walls and forts were built by slaves. Just like our country was built on the torture and forced labor of Blacks, so was the city of Cartagena and many more places around the world.
While there we exchanged money and bought small gifts for our host families. Since the walled city is a main tourist attraction there were plenty of street performs telling the story of the people and the country that so many had come to see.
Video1 to performance: https://youtu.be/OxDNcqj9V4Y
Encore performance: https://youtu.be/uhYl-L9j9po
After walking around for about an hour we walked to a nearby mall and also caught a beautiful sunset. The boys have a better pic that I’ll try to get them to send to me.
After shopping and snacking at the mall we caught taxi home. The boys ate their dinners and met up at Alex’s house afterward to play Dominos with each other and with their buddies. Tomorrow class starts at 9am.
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