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santa marta june 2012
05-17-2012, 06:38 PM
Hi guys,
I ve read all the posts on santa marta but still dont know if its better to stay in el rodadero o santa marta itself ?
i plan in going in mid june for one month.
also any help to find a studio-appart for one month, cheap ?
thanks a lot !
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santa marta june 2012
05-18-2012, 03:17 AM
I was in Santa Marta for 4 days last winter after the Carnaval in Barranquilla and I wasn't too impressed. The beach sucks; the sand is grey and the water murky, there's also a large industrial port right beside the beach where you can watch big tankers unload shipping containers as you lay on the beach. Its also hot as balls there with very high humidity, I was sweating like a pig all day and the sun was intense, make sure you get AC in the apartment.
The only bar I went to was called la puerta, its downtown around calle 18 and carrera 2, not far from the beach, there's also a decent strip club close by. There's a few other bars and decent restos around the big church and main square downtown, quite a few people there at night on the weekend.
Also, I remember sitting down on a busy street in Santa Marta to people watch and thinking to myself, damn, is this Colombia? The women there are a lot less attractive than in other Colombian cities. Also, I don't know what your level of Spanish is but I found the Costena people very difficult to understand.
Santa Marta is ok for a couple of days but I wouldn't stay an entire month, I'd say the surrounding areas such as Tagonga and Tayrona are better but I didn't make it up there, partied too hard during Carnaval!
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santa marta june 2012
05-21-2012, 12:34 AM
I would ditch Santa Marta and stay in Taganga. It's a nice place, safe, good hostels, good beaches, and a good base to go diving, go to the Tyrona park (which is *beautiful*) or just hang in the tourist beach.
As for women, I agree: costenas (girls of the coast) are not as hot as the cachacas (girls of the "interior": Bogota, Medellin, Cali, the Eje Cafetero). However, if you insist on it, for day game, I'd head over to Santa Marta. You can find datasheets in other threads. Also, for going out during the night - the same. Santa Marta or the Rodadero area.
Taganga is a good place to find European and American tourists, sometimes some Argentinian tourists as well. There's lost of inter-tourist sex that goes on there. Europeans and Americans bore the hell out of me, usually, but if that's your piece of cake - go for it.
Cheers!