When it comes to tourist traps, it’s the wild west down here
in Cartagena, Colombia. We signed up
for an excursion that promised trekking to a mud volcano, followed by a mud
bath and swimming in spring waters. What
we got was a bus ride to a “volcano” that looked like it was built by the
locals a couple of years ago, a “trek” up a few stairs to the opening, a dip in
the mud pool orgy that was so full of people it would embarrass the ancient
Romans and a “cleansing” in the polluted river down the road by women who
manhandled people to get them clean.
Fun!
Actually, kudos to those
women. The mud really was everywhere.
At the end of the day, things were a lot worse for the
passenger who tried to bring a bunch of cocaine on the ship, got caught, and
will be saying Bon Voyage to the rest of us tomorrow. Bet he or she wishes they kept it clean at
the mud baths, instead.
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