I headed back to Santa Marta and was off the next morning, I took the first bus to Tayrona since the park had set a strict limit on how many people could enter the park in a day. Of course, everyone rushed to the park at the same time and there long lines to buy tickets and to enter. The park costs roughly $23 for foreigners to enter and once inside, there aren’t even free toilets to use or signs to tell you where to go. I decided to follow the crowds and after two hours, I made it to a beach overflowing with people. I walked back the way I came and was the only person on the trail so I am pretty sure I went the wrong way. Unfortunately, with no signs, I had no way of knowing for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hike itself was very pretty and once the crowds spread out a bit, it was very enjoyable. The trail isn’t too challenging and is very well maintained, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, I rushed off to Cartagena rather than spending a day stuck in the hostel. This happened to be the Thursday before Good Friday and when I arrived in Cartagena, it was already packed full of people. Between the Colombian Instagram princesses taking 30 minutes to take a picture in front of a piece of street art and the obnoxious woman in my dorm room who turned on the lights all night, I decided to abandon ship after just 24 hours and boarded a flight to Cali. This was my second trip to Cartagena and although I am sure that there are tons of things to do that I have missed on both trips, I am happy that I avoided a heaving city of party-goers during a global pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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