Any New Year Advice For Colombia/Cartagena

First, thanks anyone for any help. I am a 27 year old male from Southern California. I have always wanted to go to Colombia, I speak decent spanish with an awful accent. I have a ticket into Colombia the 26th of December, and out the 12th of January. I think I will be in Cartagena for the New Year? Is that a bad idea, is there better places to be/party? Does anyone know of some good hotels in Cartagena?

Also, any other advice of where to definitely go, or where to skip would be great. My trip looks like this - immediately Santa Marta, up to Barranquilla, then to Cartagena, Medellin, Cali - then I am going home. Also I will be travelling a lot by bus, so if that is a bad idea please let me know - and I will plane it in areas that may be dangerous?

Thank you so much.

By nbenjamin on Sep 29, 2006, 10:01 in Friendly Talkzone.

panthdave says on Sep 29, 2006, 10:13:

Medellin Christmas and New Years Medellin will be very nice for Christmas with all the lights..Don't skip Medellin at all Awesome City..will be a big party for New Years..

Good Luck on your Travels..

panthdave Miami

panthdave Miami

A Mulatto of Style says on Sep 29, 2006, 13:47:

Medellin Yah I'd have to agree- Medellin is a wonderful city, great people, beautiful, good shopping, great parties - You wont regret!

A Mulatto of style from the West Indies

jmbone says on Sep 30, 2006, 06:56:

The Portal for Cartagena, in Spanish and English is: http://CartagenaInfo.net for the English site and

http://CartagenaInfo.com for the Spanish site.

More than 2,000 fotos and hundreds of Home Pages including
Hotel Home Pages with fotos, prices, contact info, etc.

You will love Christmas in Cartagena. Historic, romantic and right on Caribbean.

regards,

jm bone