but first some shopping …and Ruffians farewell gathering reaching Cholonwhat a beautiful place after month in a marinait was soooo niceso calm and quietand the funny water bar at the entrance of the mangrove bay
That’s how a happy co skipper acts after month of not sailingexploring the area, we dinghied to the only small beacheverybody was happysome locals offered food and beverages at this small beach but we were too latesomewhere in the lagoonthere were small islands which could be rented – so cuteanother view of the water barcool, but very busy at the weekendsand a few drone pics made by Ruffiansuch a great way to see the whole area, the boat on the right was Ruffianso nice and clean…pretty Altimate
Back in Cartagena to get Altimate and all the papers ready to go to Panamá
back at anchor in the bay of Cartagena very pretty when the sun was shiningis there any place on earth where the Oktoberfest is not celebrated?the bay at nighta street in Getsemani I liked little tigerthis parrot was very talkativeGetsemani (a quarter of the historic town,I should have mentioned it before), at nightanybody need some soles?they were presented just next to the solesI just liked the pretty treeanother walk to the supermarket this time in Mangathis fellow liked himself very muchearly in the morning while getting groceries and running some errands I liked the morning atmosphereonly venders were busy getting their business readymy favourite fabric shop, the girls were very patient with me as it took me ages to decide which fabric I wanted for different projectsit was incredible how many fabrics they offeredin the evening this street was usually crowded, early in the morning it was just nicemy final purchase from fabric stores, waiting for El Capitano to pick me upnot only in Medellín … Botero donated one of his gorgeous women to Cartagena toomy Capitano waiting patiently for mePlaza de los Estudiantesfoto shooting just in front of usway how to remember this name… Get – the – money … appropriate for this more touristic quarter 😉el Torre del Reloj from the other side
And off we were to Panamá
We made a stop in Cholon and in Tintipán, an island about 25 nautical miles further south of Cholon. That was our last stop in Colombia before arriving in Olbadía/Panamá.
enough fruits to get goingand just outside of Cartagena we caught some nice little tunasa delicious dinner was safe!arriving at Cholon, the bar was getting ready to servehe passed by to serve us some very delicious small oysters – yammi we didn’t have any for agesit was beautiful in Cholon bayand then we took off Tintipánour anchorage in Tintipánsooooo nicesoooo quietsoooo calmsorry I couldn’t make my mind up with all the sunset pics…doesn’t it look cosy?we were taking a tour with the dinghy, it was all so niceTintipán is a lagoon with many tiny islands just so you don’t forget how we look likedevils head?El Capitano trying to catch some fish – unfortunately in vain that time
Some sweet stowaways on our way to Obaldía
Unfortunately one didn’t make it through the night and we had to burry it at sea the next morning😥
the two birds resting on the solar panelsthey changed the resting areaone of them approaching Altimatethis was the poor very exhausted one
we had a huge MahiMahi at the hook, we was so strong that he pulled out all the line and then he was gone..
Almost there…
the bay of Obaldíanot yet checked in, Q-flag and Panamá flag hoistedAltimate waiting to get the papers done for the check in
SY Altimate 