As per usual, I have fallen behind in my blogging. Or rather at least in my highlights of “Where in the world is Madison”. The truth is that I really wasn’t up to much, and a big part of that was that I really felt like I needed to leave the country. Not because Colombia isn’t awesome/amazing/beautiful and more. I just feel like I’d rather be in Peru.
That is what led me to this moment in time. Sitting in an airport waiting for my flight, in approximately 11 hours.
I am pig-headed and I often act on whims. These whims usually lead me to some of my more memorable experiences. Tonight will be no exception. I arrived in Cartagena after a 6 hour bus ride from Palomina, where I was lounging beachside for a couple days. Which was heaven. I even have a bit of a tan on the pasty legs now.
The problem arose when I tried to book a flight and my credit card was denied. Always an ominous sign.
Beyond this, I had other problems. Namely that my debit appeared to “stop” working too.
Great.
To add to the problems, I officially have $5,000 COP (approximately $2.50) to my name. Well, in reality I also have some American cash kicking around somewhere, but whose counting.
So my whim told me to go to the airport at 10:00pm at night to get the final flight from Cartagena to Lima. It was perfect. Fly during the night. End up in Lima at 11:00am the next day. What could go wrong? Me. And the banks.
Thus, Madison is going to spend the night in the Cartagena airport. With wooden seats. Clearly they do not see very many “over nighters” in this airport.
Wish me luck. And as I’m sure my mother would say, sense.
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