San Andres, Colombia
We arrived on the island of San Andres yesterday afternoon, slightly behind schedule due to a small delay on the flight from San Jose. We really like these short haul flights on Avianva, a one hour flight from El Salvador to San Jose in Costa Rica (with a hot breakfast) followed by a 1 hour flight to San Andres (with a nice lunch).
Initial impressions of San Andres? Basically a very Caribbean vibe with great looking, very clean, very crowded, white sand beaches and lots of water toys like sea-doos and kiteboarding and such. Lots of shops selling your typical tourist fare and a surprisingly small number of cool beach bars. Very picturesque place with a bit of an older run-down set of hotels. There are a few of the predictable upscale condos and a bit of new construction gong on, so maybe it isn't finished yet.
We have walked quite a bit of the main town, visited some kind of cultural museum and sampled a couple of the more touristy eateries. Probably expensive by Colombian standards but seemed very reasonable to us. The Club Colombia brand beer is quite good! Our hotel is a bit of a disappointment but the location is great - everything is a compromise. The promised Wifi has never worked yet so I will have to post this from the local Juan Valdes coffee shop.
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