For mature visitors, Cartagena is the number one place of interest within Colombia, just as New York is for the United States, or Paris is for France. It is not the capital, but it is the city that offers itself as both a seaside resort as well as a picturesque historic destination.   For this reason, you will find no shortage of articles about its attractions, but I hope to give you a more practical guide to La Heroica (the Heroic), as Cartagena is known here.

A Guide for the Rest of Us!

When I attended the launch of Official Bloggers in the elegant De La Opera hotel in Bogota in February, I was almost certainly the oldest person present, even though I am only 51. Colombia is a country of young people and seems to attract travelers who are mostly twenty-something. There is a lot of entertainment and activities for the young in this country, but what does it have for those pushing or over forty, fifty, and beyond somethings? As one of "them," and as a resident of this splendid land, I proffer a series of articles that will help you navigate the areas that interest people like us! For this first installment, let us get night clubbing, dining and shopping out of the way!