Colombia again

Here is Emily on our ride to the boat.  We took a boat to an Island Resort.  There are numerous Islands off the coast of Colombia both in the Pacific and Caribbean Sea.

This was leaving Cartagena

and this may have been the entire Colombian Navy.

There was a statue in the water and we were speculating on whether it was the Statue of Liberty.  Maybe every nation has one?  As we got closer we could see it was a statue of Mary and baby Jesus.

When we saw these two guys I looked to see if a National Geographic Photographer was nearby.

First thing that happened at the resort was

Emily decided to wakeboard.

It may have been before she saw the little boat that was going to pull her out of the water and around the ocean.  It took a few tries before she got up and she was embarrassed.  What you can not see from the photos is the line of lounge chairs along the beach with nothing to look at but ocean and Emily attempting to wakeboard.

She was a champ for not giving up and those guys are not speaking to her in English.  She can hold her own with Spanish.

Of course when she did get up everyone on the beach was also watching,

so she gave them a show.

The pool looks deserted but later there were lots of swimmers, probably because it was in the shade.  Have I mentioned how hot it is in Colombia?

We took a boat to another island with an aquarium.

There were turtles

everywhere

and little sharks

and dolphins

and big sharks

everywhere.

The sharks would swim onto the blue platform and splash until they were fed.  Those birds would eat the fish food whenever they were given a chance.

One of the birds appointed himself the chief and would chase off the other birds from the food.

Here the chief bird is standing watch while the dolphin is kissing the trainer.

and flapping his wings at the fish food burglars when they tried anything.

More Caribbean Islands in the distance.

I guess you can build a fence when the water is shallow.

When we left the resort to return to Cartagena the water was really rough.  They told everyone to put their cameras and phones away.  It was funny but water kept on coming over the side of the boat and drenching us, like 20 times in the 30 minute boat ride.  I am just glad we were already wearing our swimsuits.  It was the real version of an amusement park water ride.  Thankfully we soaked up all the water and the boat did not sink.

Modern and old Cartagena.

It was a fun vacation if you like sun, beaches, boats and food.