Santa Marta………..and back again!

Fair warning this one is a bit of a rant post.

Hola todos. Just a quick one I ended up bailing on Santa Marta after one night. No real reason why just simply was not feeling the vibe and didn’t want to carry on up into hippy country so out I got on an early bus back to Cartagena and then took another bus to Coveñas, which is 3 hours south of Cartagena and the place Mrs lady in the hostel I was at in Cartagena recommended. I am going to chill here a few days before starting on the road to Medellín.

Note I am going to be halting this blog for a couple of days to a week – I have hit a real mental slump on this journey and cranking these blogs out only to see my reach tank isn’t doing me any good. It is reminding me of an existential grind that awaits back home when this trip eventually ends…..Competing against rigged algorithms……seems like modern life is becoming like this in every arena if you think about it be it jobs, dating, whatever shut up and be a good slave to the system! Kind of why we go travelling to get away from that stuff ¿No?

I need to step away so pausing the blog though will still drop stories if we run across something worth sharing. Most likely will pick this up again when I head to Monteria and start on the road to Medellín proper.

That said it has just passed the 3 month point on this journey and that my friends is always a tough one. Google travelers melancholy, the TLDR is it’s a complex mix of emotions that leads to you feeling purposeless and feeling like your flunking the experience. Conclusion is I need some serious R&R before heading to Medellín. Let’s be honest haven’t stopped since Antigua and we were moving fast through much of Centroamérica. So yeah I’m staying here for a couple of days and having a bit of a holiday from my trip.

I’m writing this on my second day here and I am glad I chinned off the hippie trail to come here. Just gone for a swim in the sea and chatted to some cool locals. Been great not having to get up for some trip somewhere.

Anyways I will catch you in a few days……… peace ✌️