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Thursday, May 22, 2008
beach!
Oh how I’ve missed the lovely feeling of super fine sand between my toes while walking along the beach shore. We got a chance to do so on the morning of our last day in Cartagena. And the Carribean Ocean water that washed the sand away was warm! We walked from the hotel to the beach area, a good 45 minutes in the hot sun—the first day it didn’t rain, hurray.
What they say is true: a quiet and private walk here doesn’t exist. On the way there were persistent sales people trying to get us on a boat to the little Islands (Islas del Rosario—didn´t have time so will have to come back one day in the future), and once on the beach we got appraoched every 10 meters by a local trying to sell us a spot with shaded beach chairs; fruit; sunglasses; drinks; Tshirts; or jewelry. Or (very original) perhaps we would be interested in some special oisters for Manuels ”machetti” for some extra potence for later in the day. How about that!
Anyway, we were mentally prepared and with many ‘no gracias’ were able to have our walk. The only thing that we smoothly were seduced into while sunbathing, was the foot massage with aloe vera that got extended into a hand and back massage. 
One has to indulge at times.
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