Santa Marta / Rodadero

A couple days later we had taken the people to check out our cathedral which is in front of 'Plaza de la Paz' (Peace Square) and went to grab some drinks, here is where we met 2 more people, Natalie from England and Moritz from Germany we had some pizza as we planned a trip to Santa Marta and El Rodadero for the upcoming weekend, since classes for some of us were about to start and we wanted 'beach energy' for the semester.

Grabbing a couple drinks and eating some pizza

RODADERO

So here we were at El Rodadero, enjoying the beach, the incredible view and the music everywhere because Santa Marta was having 'Las fiestas del Mar' during the weekend and we were there to live it. Most of the foreign students were expecting to see if what they had heard about the beauty of the beaches was true. When we arrived the apartment we all were delighted with the amazing view we had on the 13th floor at the Hotel.

Admiring the view we had and talking, Natalie is just amazed though :)

Our view of Rodadero

The Beach

                   

Getting the tickets for Playa Blanca. Just 10.000 COP

Although we had El Rodadero beach right in front of us, we decided to go a different beach which is a couple minutes away on boat. Playa Blanca (White Beach), in which we spent most of the day on the beach having a good time and learning the technique for traditional Catalonian ‘Castellers’ that Xevi taught us, which consists on human buildings in forms of castles, he explained us the types of Castells and how they’re made, and it was really fun doing it.

PLAYA BLANCA

Learning Castellers

We still gotta work on our skills

Although some of us didn’t master the technique, the ladies did climb onto our backs and succeeded, to what Xevi said ‘Ahora sois Catalanes!’ (Now you are Catalans!) As sign of what we did, totally worth the effort.

Giancarlo, Moritz, Natalie, Mateo and Paula

Leaving Playa Blanca

We were getting out of the beach getting back to El Rodadero, in order to go to ‘Las Fiestas Del Mar’ we decided get some drinks and eat a bit back at the apartment before we left!

So we passed by a ‘Punto Frio’ to buy some beers then an Olimpica for some food and after a while, guess what!? –That’s right; we warmed up for the upcoming party!

This photo speaks for itself

But first we ate some more food, and we left for the party.

Finally, we shared too many experiences, everyone enjoyed the party. Concluding that Santa Marta is an awesome place to be connected with nature and partying as well, on our last day we just went to the beach for a while, after that, we just picked our things up and left this wonderful city.

See you later, Rodadero. Great time