It's a hard life.....

Well we thought it was an early start but obviously we had forgotten about Colombian time, slow, slower and stop! 3 of us had decided to spend the day on one if the 28 Los Rosarios islands and our bus driver was an hour late!

We thought we were getting a ferry but it turned out to be a glorified speedboat with 2 outboard motors. We got a great view of the new town that is all skyscrapers, and the naval base, with various frigates and 2 submarines. The easiest route out of the harbour is not possible because the Spanish built an underwater wall to help protect the city so you have to sail around the island of Tierra Bomba. At the entrance to the sea there are two forts, one on each side, at different heights so that they don't hit each other!

An hour later and we were in the Caribbean being dropped off on Isla del Sol. It was a question of picking a sunbed, deciding which side to fry first, and how many swims to fit in! I even managed a quick massage! All too quickly we had eaten lunch, swung in the hammock and were being picked up to go home. After all that chilling I could barely keep my eyes open on the boat ride home!

A quick shower at the hotel and we joined the others for a cocktail at sunset. We headed to Cafe del Mar, an open air cafe on the ramparts of the wall that surrounds the city. It was heaving, but great fun, and after the first Long Island Iced Tea it seemed rude not to order another one!

What I had missed was that I was ordering off the "really" strong collection and by the end of my second one I was completely sozzled! All of the sun, sea air and cocktails just hit me! I had to weave my way back to the hotel and passed out fully clothed on my bed!

Check out the frizz!