Carthagena, Colombia
On the northern coast of Colombia, sheltered from a bay in the Caribbean Sea, the city of Cartagena de Indias - its real name – captured my heart during a cruise that took us from Chile to Colombia through the Panama Canal.
The burning sun shines on the colors of the houses, which are more than 400 years old, whose many wooden balconies are adorned with flowers of different phosphorescent colors. Among them is the national flower, the Cattleya Trianae, an orchid that is typical of temperate climates and grows in abundance in Cartagena.
To read more