Playa Blanca in Cartagena / Colombia Travel Vlog
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2018
- Day two discovering Cartagena de Indias, today we exit the city and drive to Playa Blanca, a famous tourist attraction near Cartagena. Using the rental car, we discover the area surrounding Cartagena in Colombia.
Follow us on this trip when we discover the route to Playa Blanca and the not so picturesque side of Cartagena.
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Just like a coin, a country has always two faces. thank you guys, for showing both the pretty and the ugly Colombia has to offer. Let"s hope videos like this bring awareness to the local governments or lack of in the region; So that they can properly guide and educate the populous. I was born in Colombia, I am proud of my country. it is a developing country still, and we have our problems just like the rest of the word. I live in the U.S.A a developed country, and I could be able to show you some pretty scary places here too, there is plenty of poverty everywhere. I find your videos both honest and unbiased. keep up the good work!
Thank you for your comment and for watching. Yes, we try to show the things the way we see them without judging or comparing. We believe that all these issues are global and there is no one doing things "better" or "worse" than the other, we should consider these issues as issues for us all. Guidance and education is key here and then providing the infrastructure that allows people to solve these issues are super important. We hope that people get the awareness soon on these matters because only we as people can make the change.
Una gran aventura!!! Saludos chicos!!!! Bendiciones
Already the 150th of vlog. Great job and keep up the good travel vlog :)
Thank you and thank you for following, means a lot to us.
Thanks for posting this. I’ve been living in Cartagena for just over a year and have avoided Playa Blanca and Baru for the reasons you mention - vendors, garbage, overcrowding, simply can’t relax. And the footage you shot demonstrates those concerns. I’ve been spoiled by the beaches of the Philippines, Florida, Thailand, etc, so it would be difficult to bring my beach expectations down. If you want to visit a nice beach in Colombia’s caribbean region, go to Palomino in the region of La Guajira. It’s closer to Santa Marta or a 5-6 hour bus ride from Cartagena. But so so worth it. Thanks again.
Great, thank you for the tip, useful for the next time. Thank you for your comment, greatly appreciated
Excellent informative interesting
Thank you very much for your comment and for watching.
We are enjoying your Columbia videos (we started with you in Mexico City and are travelling back in time). I respect your fair and comprehensive descriptions of the places you visit. Thank you for showing the good and bad and for your mature and level headed reaction to what you experience. Safe travels!
Thank you for your comment, greatly appreciated. Yes, we try to report everything the way we saw it... Have a lovely day.
Colombia, damn...is Colombia!
And will probably remain Colombia...
Nice video, really enjoy it :)) Thumps up
Thank you for watching, we are happy you enjoyed it.
Beautiful,
It was a little paradise with out all that garbage or pollution. To sad 😭
Yes, the pollution is really sad, the awareness in these countries for environmental issues needs to be raised.
These beaches are still way better than the ones in Los Angeles
Thank you for watching. Do you also have many sellers in Los Angeles?
Nice! I'm from Chicago people selling doesn't bother me.
Thank you very much for watching.
love your vlog! I'm heading to Cartagena in May this year...and I got a rental car. Any tips on driving from Cartagena to Santa Marta?
Thank you for watching. The drive from Cartagena to Santa Marta is pretty easy, only the drive around Barranquila can be a bit annoying. Google maps shows the right way. Safe travels, always!
thank you so much for your response. Looking forward to more of your vlog adventures :)
Thank you so much for sharing! I will be in Cartagena for a few days in three weeks and then headed to Barranquilla anything in particular you guys would recommend ? Clothes to wear? Must go to Restaurants ? TIA
Hi there, thank you for watching. Cartagena is a tropical destination, so clothes to wear accordingly. Comfy shoes in the old town as the streets can be a bit full of holes. We visited the "La Cevicheria" which was a nice restaurant, the "El Santisimo" that was great and the "GastroLab SUR", which is alternative and not glamorous, but the food is good. The Folklore Colombian Coffee is our café recommendation. If you want to spend too much money for a beer, try Café del Mar for sunsets. We did not go to Barranquilla. Hope this helps.
Thanks so much xoxo
Some how iI think it deteriorated from when I visited in 2006, in those days could drive a convoy of tanks through the beach and not hit anyone. I guess that is the price of uncontrolled tourism, on the part of the city officials and bad planning as well
Thank you for watching. Yes, times have changed apparently. Playa Blanca has become a major touristic spot for travellers from Cartagena. It is true that the site is really beautiful but it is quite filled with people.
Wawww it is a great problem the pollution and garvish in those places and also in Mexico, which are really paradises, but is a shame not to care about that important thing which is the pollution. I like you friends, who take every thing with great philosophy and always you are smiling and enjoying every place! Congratulations!
Francisco Muñoz Thank you for your kind comment Francisco! Yes, the problem of pollution is getting more and more visible, we hope people will start reacting soon. We try to do our part of taking care of our trash and showing what it looks like when people don’t do it and hope that the consciousness rises...
Too bad. Sad to see the conditions.
It’s a beautiful place, unfortunately too many humans...
Well, to be honest. You did not miss anything by not going to the Baru village. Trust me, the cultural shock would have been way worse from what you saw in Playa Blanca. Baru is really poor, the streets are full of garbage and the town does not even have an aqueduct so houses have to collect rain water in tanks on the rooftops... sad but true.
Unfortunately, Cartagena (and around) is the place with the largest gap between rich and poor in the whole Colombia. If you stay in the Walled City, Boca Grande or El Laguito, everything looks beautiful. However, once you leave that area, you immediately see all the poverty around and how bad the conditions are for the vast majority of people that live in it.
What is even sadder is that, instead of doing something to fight these issues, people from Cartagena get offended when they hear critics like those that you guys accurately mention in your video.
Thank you for your comment, good to know we did not miss anything by not going to Baru Village. Cartagena is beautiful indeed and it is really sad that the surroundings are not profiting from the many tourists that visit, it could be a great opportunity to enhance the life of so many people. A real social debate on these issues could be healthy to improve the conditions of everyone...
I meant to say a coin has two sides, sorry...
Got it.
is the water clear ? can u see the bottom of the ocean ?
Yes, it is the Caribbean so the water is very clear. Thank you for watching.
Damn, I can't figure out your accents. BTW, I really enjoy your channel.
Thank you, we are happy that you enjoy the channel. We are actually both Swiss, one is born in Germany, one is born in Finland. That makes a funny accent for sure :-)
Hello :)
Hello there, thank you for watching.
How long is Playa Blanca?
Hard to say where it really starts and ends but we would say around 3 kilometres. Thank you for watching.
thank you for telling about garbage, it is one the things I hate about countries...
Thank you for watching. We hope that humans get the garbage problem solved soon. Nature is so beautiful that there is no reason to destroy it with garbage.
Is it safe driving there ? Did you rent the car
Yes, we rented a car and if you follow the rules and some common sense, it is safe. Thank you for watching
@@TheWayWeSawIt thank you so. Much I appreciate u
Iiiii]:), I ♥️ COLOMBIA 🇨🇴
Colombia is a beautiful country. Thank you for watching.
It looks filthy there. I think I will give it a pass. Good to know where not to travel. I also saw rubbish floating in the harbour around Male, Maldives on a trip last year which I found shocking as the water there is so beautiful & it's all about tourism there.
Yes, water pollution is a global phenomenon, not a single place is protected. We hope that humanity becomes aware what kind of damage it can do to nature. Let's hope the awareness arises soon. Thank you for watching,
Scary
Thank you for watching.
You’re beautiful! Is that your husband?
Thank you very much. Yes, we are husbands traveling together. Thank you for watching.
Que tristeza em vê esse assédio ao turista e esse descaso com a natureza. Lixo do lado da praia. Lugares tão lindo. Mas o povo não valoriza. Por isso os gringos não vem para a América do Sul
É muito triste quando as pessoas não respeitam a natureza. Mas esperamos que isso mude. Obrigado por assistir.
@@TheWayWeSawIt obrigado vocês por ajuda a espalhar essa ideia. Não podemos nos intimidar ao retrocesso que o mundo está passando nesses últimos anos. Falo no âmbito ambiental e SOCIAL. Não podemos deixar que sistemas autoritários,de retrocesso e anti ciência ,e sistema obscurantista vença essa guerra. Vamos a luta,por mais igualdade e respeito ao meio ambiente e a memoriais. Viva o amor!
Sim, o mundo precisa de mais amor. Obrigado