The Gold Museum
Tairona or Tayrona refers to the Indians that lived here
Central patio in the museum
Pre-Colombian jewelry – a type of jade
Indian artifact
Examples of pottery
Metal workings in gold
Figurines represent priests with wings
Gold trinkets
Evolved over the centuries
Basket-weavers selling their treasures – yes, we purchased a small one
Open squares
Modern structure
Impressive statue
One of many parks
Bet this is Simon de Bolivar
Packaged local treats
The beachfront
More humorous wall art
The security gate back to the ship
Sail away Pictures
Small fishing boats in the bay
A couple of fishermen
Hotel area
A grainery storage
The beach was chock full of people
of course, it is Saturday evening – party time
Hotels in front of the mountains
A very sheltered area
Cranes for the working pier
A mountain of coal
Constantly being loaded and hauled away by trucks
An abandoned look out
Great spot above the bay, but falling into dis-repair
A vulture circled
Hillsides full of cactus
A statue of Mary overlooks the historic district
Another tug comes to assist
Modern
Downtown
Storage at the port facility
The sun was going down on Santa Marta
Nice place for a vacation
The marina
The pilot boat
Sail away on deck 8 aft
There goes the stacks
Nice tug boat
A pelican
Fishing
Pelican in flight
Getting his dinner
Boat in the harbor
Another pelican
The backdrop of mountains
Nice setting at sunset
Night lights coming on
Changing night lights – very festive
High rises among the colonial buildings
The pilot boat followed
The tents of souvenirs and food
Some of the backdrop mountains topped 5700 meters (they actually get snow)
Harbor patrol
Not a bad sunset
Saturday night in Santa Marta
Waving goodbye to the pilot
It was about 6:45pm
The moon is no longer crescent
Watch out for that rock
The night arrives
Irregular coastline
Goodbye Colombia
Freighter waits for our spot
More hotels
Looks nicer at night
Lighthouse marks the bay
Visible for many miles
Never did rain here
Last of the lighted skyine
