Colombia was our arrival city after the crazy sailboat voyage with flaky captain Steve Robbins of the S/V Shenanigans. There are a lot of Colombian Navy vessels there, including the very interesting ARC TF Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera.
Cartagena harbor military ships | ||
 Colombian submarine, most likely a German Type 209 diesel/electric.
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 Type 209 submarine.
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 Conning tower of the submarine.
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 HNLMS Zuiderkruis, Royal Netherlands Navy replenishment ship.
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 Sailors hanging out on the ship.
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 HNLMS Zuiderkruis.
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 ARC Valle del Cauca PO-44 (patrol vessel, left) and ARC Cartagena de Indias BM-161 (Luneberg class supply ship, right).
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 Unknown Colombian Navy ship 170.
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 ARC Almirante Padilla FM-51 (Padilla class frigate).
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 ARC Caldas FM-52 (Padilla class frigate).
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 ARC CTCIM Jorge E Marquez Durán PO-53 and others (patrol vessels).
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 ARC TF Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera 613 (patrol ship).
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 ARC TF Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera 613 (patrol ship).
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 Stern of the ARC TF Juan Ricardo Oyola Vera 613 (patrol ship).
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Cartagena harbor civilian ships | ||
 Majuro, a general cargo ship owned by Dorset Shipping.
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 Ship was built in 1978, flagged for the Marshall Islands, and built in the Ishikawajima-Harima shipyard.
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 Small unknown container ship.
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 Unknown container ship.
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 Container ship Cala Pinar Del Rio, built 1994 in Poland.
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 Cool looking sailing vessel.
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 Art-deco looking ship. Unknown purpose- perhaps fishing trawler converted to cruiser?
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 Bow of the art-deco ship.
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Cartagena Harbor Buildings | ||
 Waterfront buildings.
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 Fortifications.
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 Fortifications.
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 Fortifications.
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 Fortifications.
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 Lighthouse and fortifications.
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 Fortifications.
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 Unknown building.
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 Virgin Mary statue?
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 Faro de Castillo Grande (lighthouse) and navigation bouy.
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 Historic Cartagena.
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 Cool building in Cartagena.
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City of Cartagena | ||
 Bocagrande district.
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 Bocagrande district.
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 San Pedro Claver, with the dome of Cartagena De Indias.
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| San Pedro Claver.
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 Unknown building.
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 The dome of Cartagena De Indias behind modern buildings.
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 Tons of (unknown) birds in trees.
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 Motorcycles on the roads.
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 Suzuki shop in Cartagena.
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 Statue and colorful flags at the Museo de Arte Moderno De Cartagena.
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 Statue.
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 Statue.
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 Statue of a barber.
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 Statue of chess players.
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 Statue of a pirate
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 Statue of a fruit seller.
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 Statue.
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 Statue of a beachside fruit seller.
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 Statues and courtyard.
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 Caribbean balcony.
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 Clock tower (Torre del Reloj).
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 Unknown archway.
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Castillo San Felipe de Barajas | ||
 Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Walls of the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Tamara on the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Tamara on the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Our friends Richard and Amanda on the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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 Bocagrande from the Castillo San Felipe de Barajas.
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