We camped on a beach where sea turtles nest and the roaring waves crash on the rocky shore. The huge boulders along this coast made this area a very contrasting beach landscape to the San Blas.
Jordan always making Molly nervous climbing where he shouldn´t be
Sunset on playa castillete with the waves crashing on the rocks
Parque Tayrona seems to be the interface between the jungle and the desert which begins further North. The hills are full of dense vegetation while the rocky and dry coastline is covered with large cacti.
We spent a blistering hot day hiking along the coast to the various bays. On most of the beaches the waves and rip tides are too strong to swim. There are, however, a few deep protected bays that make wonderful swimming spots in the gold speckled water.
Even in a national park, people still gather around a hut to with a generator powered TV to watch the World Cup games!
Traveling further NE from Tayrona into La Guarija Peninsula, we took a brief layover in the town of Riohacha. Outside Rhiohacha is the Refugio Flora y Fauna Los Flamingos. A local guide took us on a makeshift canoe sailboat through the lagoon to spot some flamingos!
In the right season you can see flocks of thousands of these strange pink birds in the area. While it was not the right season, we still managed to see a few! With their backward knees, long necks, and such large bodies that they need a running start to fly, these birds are about as awkward as you can get and pretty amusing to observe. They are born white not pink, but develop their characteristic color from a diet of little worms living in the muddy bottom of lagoons.
The next morning we were heading North again along the peninsula to Cabo de la Vela.
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