I lived in Colombia's MOST AVOIDED Caribbean Town! (Santa Marta first impression!)

[@joyoushapes]

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[@MrShekinah777]

Perdona pero la primer iglesia católica construida en América fue en la ciudad de Santo Domingo en el año 1510 y terminada en el 1540. Fue construida por Diego Colon, el hijo primogénito de Cristóbal Colon. La Isla de La Hispaniola, ahora conocida como Haití y la República Dominicana fue la primer isla que descubrió Colon en el 1492. What I basically said was that the first church in the Americas was built in 1510 and completed in 1540. It was built by Diego Columbus, Christopher Columbus first born son. Also, La Hispaniola, which is known as Haiti and Dominican Republic was the first Island discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.

[@elenascaglia6344]

Well done, Sara. Excellent job. The video is truly very interesting.

[@joyoushapes]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@cryptonaut6721]

Anywhere in colombia you have churches like that and the best food is in the panaderias, soup, main, drink 12 to 15k pesos... Enjoy, ill go next week to santa marta 😊

[@joyoushapes]

Menu del dia wins hands down 🤤 have the best time!

[@EddyRoblesOficial]

Nice video of my country! Thank you :)

[@joyoushapes]

Thank you! So happy you like it 😊

[@lahsen5184]

hola eddy por favor quiero saber santa marta es tranquil? O mas seguro Ciudad gracias amigo quiero conocerla en pocos meses

[@andres_david25]

@@lahsen5184 depende del barrio, hay zonas más peligrosas que otras, pero las áreas para turistas son tranquilas

[@guizot2010]

@joyoushapes How can you say that Santa Marta is "MOST AVOIDED"????? It's one of the most popular tourist destinations in Colombia. The city that tourists avoid (and shouldn't avoid) is Barranquilla, nearby. Barranquilla has much more cultural activities, and the second largest Carnival celebration in the world, which lasts for a month. Santa Marta is for visiting--for a few days, maybe a week. But if you want to LIVE somewhere--for a month, lets' say--you're better off in Barranquilla, which has more things happening. Tourists avoid Barranquilla because it isn't as picturesque, but there's more cultural activity there. (And for that reason the beaches near Barranquilla are less crowded.) Did you spend much time in Barranquilla? I didn't think so.

[@joyoushapes]

I don’t see this video being about Barranquilla but thank you for sharing with us your thoughts 😊

[@guizot2010]

@@joyoushapes I get that. The point is that the video title is misleading. It implies that Santa Marta is some kind of hidden or unappreciated "town"? Would you say that Miami is the "most avoided" town on the Gulf in Florida? Your video titles should be accurate.

[@joyoushapes]

@@guizot2010 I don’t know about Miami, but I do about Santa Marta. Hopefully it will let people discover Santa Marta for the beautiful coastal town it is 😊

[@AcrossEveryBorder]

Santa Marta shouldn’t be skipped 😍

[@joyoushapes]

I think the same 🥹

[@13phatmamas]

I think you need to invest in some sunglasses! 😂 great video

[@joyoushapes]

OMG YES! The sun in crazy!

[@depertuz]

I don't get the "most avoided" title. It's easily one of the most visited cities in Colombia. Just Tayrona park is the most visited national park in the country.

[@guizot2010]

Yes, you're right. The city which is "most avoided" by foreign tourists (and shouldn't be) is nearby Barranquilla, which has a richer musical history and the second largest Carnival celebration in the world after Rio.

[@joyoushapes]

I used that term for two reasons: 1) Because all the tourists who have been there told me not to go, as they didn't feel safe. Only locals encouraged me to go. 2) Because you end up engaging and I can answer you

[@meienberg1]

I am now watching close to 5 minutes. And I do see that you look at the main places when everything was empty of people. Santa Marta is hot and therefore people prefers not to run around when it is hot. Even you personally commented the the wall of the church was reflecting to sun very strong…..

[@joyoushapes]

@@meienberg1 yes, what’s your point?

[@richardschneider4775]

Greeting Hola I have lived and worked in Santa Marta. The day after a flood be extra careful what you eat from whom you get it and hand washing double duty is needed. Wash or Sani wipe every fruit or bottle you buy. Their lack of storm drainage is a national shame. Corruption broken contracts and missed deadlines all mean filthily water is everywhere. Bonus day for birds rats et al. Nightmare to lower-level homes shops stores garages business... Travelers intestines beware.

[@joyoushapes]

Thank you for sharing, this is super important! We noticed that the drainage system was inexistent and often the toiler and shower got clogged. Thanksfully our apartment was on the second floor, but lower-level homes and shop have the worst :(

[@RobertWoolford]

Good video, no idea why you need the clickbait. Most avoided? I guess you never got to move outside of Centro. Did you go to Rodadero? This is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Colombia.

[@joyoushapes]

Thank you! Can you believe that, despite locals telling me to go to Santa Marta, all the tourists told me to avoid it because they felt unsafe? That's why the title. I've stayed there for 1 month and traveled around Rodadero, Tanganga, etc. I have multiple blogs about them here if you want to check them out: acrosseveryborder.com

[@RobertWoolford]

@@joyoushapes Not sure what tourists you have been talking with? On average 400k+ visit Santa Marta annually, with many more when you add in local Colombian tourism.

[@joyoushapes]

@@RobertWoolford I talked to full-time travelers, holidaymakers, and backpackers. They went to Santa Marta, so they are part of those 400k, but they still didn’t like it. That’s why I made this video because I believe Santa Marta has potential, and it’s great to know many people visit it 😊

[@guizot2010]

The tourists you talked to clearly don't know what they're talking about. Santa Marta is, in fact, over trodden with tourists--tourists everywhere. There are other great Caribbean towns in Colombia that are much better, without tourists. Please don't make any videos about those, so they stay that way. Let all the tourist keep going to Santa Marta.

[@dougness1971]

It's a city of 500,000 people.

[@joyoushapes]

Yes it is!

[@depertuz]

far from a "little village". it's like saying that austin texas is a little village

[@elir6178]

You guys are being with gringo pricing is why things are more expensive. Like a cafe con leche would be like 2mil pesos but you will pay 5mil for it.

[@joyoushapes]

@@elir6178 oh we’d love to pay local prices. Unfortunately if we pay local prices, local are pissed because we are tourists. If we pay tourists prices, locals are like “why are you paying that much?!”. Nobody is ever happy, buy yeah, we’d love to pay local prices 😂

[@Patv54]

Cool video but change the clickbait title. It is not the "most avoided" as many other commenters have also stated

[@joyoushapes]

Thank you, glad you like it 😊 I use this title because people I’ve talked to didn’t recommend it as they felt unsafe.

[@pierremonceaux2639]

Only Mexico has spicy food, everything else south of that eats non spicy food 🙄

[@joyoushapes]

Agreed! 🤤

[@canberough2670]

A village of 500k people lmao.

[@joyoushapes]

Uhuh so funny

[@davidandersgage-pd3kr]

Mexico, where I live is Very Spicyyyyyy, South America is NOT !! Not Brasil, Paraguay, Peru or Argentina, I have been to all !! They don’t like Spicy Food

[@joyoushapes]

Oh yess! I love mexican spicyyyyy

[@jorgeossa6397]

Santa Marta and surrounding areas is full of beautiful places to visit, you didn't show any! Terrible video!

[@joyoushapes]

That’s not the purpose of the video, but this one it is 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXfWXoSll76Ig68si=zAIycAJw6ur2Y_Ua

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[@joyoushapes]

Hey there thank you for your message! I’m a SMM for YT myself and I feel I do have a great reach, click through rate and 85 on SEO. For example, this video is 1/10 and reached more than 1k in least than 2 days and growing rapidly. If anything changes I’ll let you know! (: