Hi, I´m Tepha. The other day, I listened to two persons that talked about "Costeños" They said that everybody was the same: noise, lazy, but they had a beautiful beach. Many stereotypes. I show today my experience in Cartagena and their culture.
GASTRONOMY
Well, such as good Colombian, I talk to you first of food. In Cartagena, you can foods that no see in other parts of Colombia. For example: "Butifarra", "Mote", "bollo", "suero".
The "mote" is a soup with cheese. I know, is stranger, even so, is an amazing plate. You have to eat it one day.
The "suero" is a kind of cream-based on whole cow's milk and rennet. This you can spread on rice, yucca. I confess this isn´t my favorite.
The "bollo" is a dough of corn, yucca or coconut wrapped in leaves. My favorite is coconut.
CULTURAL PRACTICES
My friend Emily invited me to a " Bonche". OK, let's go. But, I didn't know that it was a " Bonche". However, We went to Camilo's house. There had many chairs, many people, liqueur, and music. A purpose, everyone thinks costeños only listen to vallenato, instead, the salsa music is very listened to here. Well, a man that used a costume started to dance and applaud, we laughed. I enjoyed much.
TOURIST PLACES
Surely you've heard of these some places. The "Torre del Reloj", the " Muralla", the "Castillo San Felipe", India Catalina monument, Naval museum, "zapatos viejos" monument, the beautiful historical center. These places are majestic and represent our history.
BEACHES
Boca Grande is the most visited beach in Cartagena. Here I eat a delicious Shrimp cocktail and an "arepa" with coffee. I love coffee and on the beach, this tastes better.
Other beaches, such as Playa Blanca, are more distant that Boca grande.
Whether I continue to talk about Cartagena I will never finish. Please, tell me, if you have visited Cartagena, How was your trip? and If didn´t it, you should do it. In Cartagena, you can visit many places and enjoy it with its people.
2 comments:
Hello! I have never visited Cartagena, but I would like to do it someday. For your photos I can see that it's a beautiful city and of course, I would like to eat all that typical food that sounds delicious.
Visiting different places gives you a different perspective on life. It is evident your life changes as you have new travel experiences. Congrats!
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