Little bit of sun never hurt anyone...

Well, what a day I have had! It all started with breakfast of course...yum! Then we had plans to go see a castle with dungeons, dun dun dun! We began our journey across town in the smoldering heat only to find that the 'dungeons' were little souvenir shops that we had already visited! Who knew!? And the alleged castle was no castle at all but rather a military fort or sorts. (Haha, fort of sorts...sounds funny!) By the time we reach El Castillo de San Felipe, we were all pretty SOAKED from sweat (walking 20 min in hot sun), and we still had an hour or two to go in exploration of this place! Two of the girls headed back before entering but me and another girl ventured in despite the temperature and burning sun! *note that I did not put sunscreen on as I thought I would be indoors most of the day.  So, we begin our tour...completely in Spanish (which I am ashamed to say I didn't understand hardly ANY of it...:/). We had some great photo ops. But man was it hot...and I was sweaty! We were there for a good 2 hours, 80% of that being nearly 10 feet from the sun itself! (Yes, that is a slight exaggeration but I want you to imagine the pain I felt!) Anyway, the tour came to a close and even though we were tired and sweaty, we still opted to walk back, rather than hitch a taxi! The air conditioner was like heaven! Ahhhh...we cooled off for a bit and then decided to head out for a few last sightings in Cartegena! The night ended w some delicious pizza (authentic Colombian food, right?) and packing for our transitional move to Bogota tomorrow! Not really looking forward to the city, but definitely looking forward to the weather (mid 60s low 70s)! Oh yeah, after the fun in the sun today...my skin is looking a bit like my hair...RED! Oooops! Note to self, wear sunscreen at all times! 

Picture doesn't capture it too well but you can see the red glow on my nose and cheeks...

So, that sums up today! Check ya later! 

Sierra