Convento De La Popa, Colombia

Kitten milking on the red tiles

Funny thing is, the reason why I chose this place to visit was not for the historical aspect or the religious value, but for the view of Cartagena. The view sucked. Haha, I'm slightly joking. You basically would have to have a lens that costs over a few thousand dollars to see Old Town. Don't get me wrong, getting a view of any city from a vantage point is enlightening. You just get the bad with the good. Enough of what I'm not showing you.

We hired a taxi to take us up here as there was no other public transport. We had to agree on a set price before hand because he had to stick around to drive us back down. I think we got ripped off. Somehow prices were agreed upon, and then changed.

The first exciting thing we saw was five little kittens curled up on themselves sleeping. As we take a few pictures of them, the mom comes up meowing waking them up while carrying two green lizards in her mouth. It was kinda gross but felt so natural. Two of the kittens play with the lizards like a ball of yarn. The others roll around, and this one just buried his little face in his mom's belly. Hungry little kitten.

Where our Taxi driver got married.

After viewing all the religious artifacts we noticed our taxi driver was wandering around the courtyard. As we talked to him he told us he got married in this part of the church.

Steph staring out into the atrium.

Probably my favorite thing about the Convento De La Popa was the atrium. A little well in the middle. Arches lined the brick courtyard. Vines growing on the columns. And a Stephanie looking into the sky.