The REAL CARTAGENA Colombia 🇨🇴 Afro Colombian history, Bazurto Market + La Maria

The best thing I did in Colombia over 5 weeks. Uncovering the Hidden Gems of Cartagena - Colombia's Food Scene at the famous Sunday Bazurto Market and Afro Colombian history with Benkos Biohó, the high school Shakira built for under privileged kids and the neighbourhood above La Maria where the city would like to get rid of squatters to build luxury accommodation.
I discovered all of this with Deimer Puerta Marquez who runs a tour agency called Cheap and Safe Cartagena, these tours fun a bigger program called Fundacion HIT a nonprofit organization located in Cartagena, Colombia.
They are dedicated to helping children of extremely low resources acquire important values, life skills, and build teamwork through Nutritional, Educational, Sport, cultural programmes.
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00:00 Cartagena Colombia
00:42 Barrio Chino Cartagena
01:16 Afro Colombian Murals
02:50 Champeta
03:35 Bazurto Market
05:51 What Does Turtle Taste Like
08:01 Shakira Pies Descalzos
09:10 La Maria Neighbhourhood
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[@rockosnip]

You do such great work, I just love your videos. The tour was awesome and it was all thanks to Deimer

[@ayngelina]

Thank you very much! It was great spending the day with all of you

[@dwightbryant4815]

That's my family. My cousins from North Carolina

[@ayngelina]

You have the best family, they were awesome to travel with.

[@Fister-kw5un]

That dude is a legend. If I'm ever in Cartagena I'm gonna call him up.

[@ayngelina]

My next video is another tour with him he offers several

[@CheapAndSafeTravel]

That's Big D. He is my business partner. We own Cartagena Cheap & Safe!

[@michaelreid8857]

Another great video. You really make it look easy!

[@ayngelina]

Thank you so much Michael

[@kellybico-altro6570]

Yes, that tour would be right up my alley! Thanks for sharing Ayngelina.

[@ayngelina]

Yes you would definitely love this

[@anniepower5277]

Would absolutely love to take that tour!!!

[@ayngelina]

Deimer definitely changed my mind about Cartagena, next video I share another one of his tours.

[@lauras8674]

Thank you for bringing this part of the world to us! Just amazing!

[@ayngelina]

It’s one of my favourites I’m so glad you enjoyed it

[@magicalfish6]

Loved the tour ❤

[@ayngelina]

It was the best thing I did in Colombia

[@veronicaancrum4871]

Angelina I love the video and Isaiah and I are watching it from Havana Cuba. I definitely will become a patreon once I return back to the USA

[@rockosnip]

You were the star Ronnie

[@ayngelina]

Agreed!

[@Jetmab04]

Oh wow Ayngelina - how I wish I could have joined you on this tour..the people, the area - all of it 🤗 Thanks millions for sharing 👍💖

[@ayngelina]

It was absolutely my favourite day in Colombia. I loved all of it.

[@Beechhill]

Hoping to be in Cartagena and Colombia this autumn. This is exactly the inspiration and content I'm interested in!

[@ayngelina]

That makes me so happy. You might like my most recent video which was a day trip from Cartagena.

[@AprilH.]

Great video☺️Gorgeous!

[@ayngelina]

Thank you!! 😊

[@perfectlylonely]

Thanks! Another starr added to my travels map.

[@ayngelina]

Glad you like it!

[@BETOETE]

thxs for showing the other side, the real tourist.

[@ayngelina]

I am just so thankful there are tours like this to show that Cartagena is so much more than an Instagram opportunity.

[@Ladivinadonna]

Great video !! Showing the world that Cartagena is more than the Tourist attractions, the super ridiculous expensive hotels stores , restaurants , etc Thank you Ayngelina

[@ayngelina]

I’m so happy you liked it!

[@bela-sofia34]

This is my kind of tour! 😌

[@ayngelina]

It was the best thing I did in Colombia

[@chriscalimegl]

Great moments! When I will visit Cartagena for the second time I will be with you team🎉

[@ayngelina]

You'll love it!

[@user-tw1ly3el5z]

I am due to visit Cartagena in November of this year, it would be great to take this tour whilst we are there.

[@ayngelina]

I just talked to Deimer and he said he also has a new food tour so I need to go back! His info is in the video description 😊

[@KELLENKASH]

You are Awesome 🖤 the content the corazon ❤ la musica 🎶 choice 👍🏿👍🏿

[@ayngelina]

Thank you. This was such a special tour I took extra time to represent it well.

[@k_and_m8745]

Wonderful video Love the history, the murals and the fact that your guide along with others are finding ways to raise up the community. Turtle soup used to be very common in parts of Canada, and I too would have tried it. I was given something here in Ecuador to try, cannot remember what it was called but later I found out it was endangered and felt terrible but understand why it was hunted, mmmmm.

[@ayngelina]

I asked several people about the turtle as I really didn’t want to eat it if it was endangered but they said river turtle in Colombia is fine

[@dukewagner9566]

I'm loving the music!

[@ayngelina]

I really spent time trying to find the right music, I didn't have an option for champeta on my music service but looked for good AfroLatino beats

[@macman9689]

Can't wait to go back.

[@ayngelina]

Me too. Deimer just told me he has a new tour!

[@overlandecuador4872]

I am going to be traveling north instead of Peru or Argentina due to the unrest. Glad you posted this, I am going!👍🏻

[@ayngelina]

By far the best day in Colombia. Deimer has other tours as well

[@overlandecuador4872]

@@ayngelina I will definitely reach out to him. You look happy, good for you!

[@ayngelina]

He has other tours as well. I would have taken the others if I'd had more time. But the next video is from the first free town in the Americas.

[@overlandecuador4872]

@@ayngelina Thanks for the tip!

[@D-Mny]

I believe that was partially La Maria, but it turns into Obrero and Las Flores , muy bonita

[@ayngelina]

Yes we started in La Maria and walked up hill 😊

[@johannagranda5734]

Ohhh me daría penita comer tortuga pero igual me da curiosidad :'v

[@ayngelina]

En serio es como pescado!

[@MusicByNess1]

How much did he change for the food market tour? I’m going in November

[@ayngelina]

I can’t remember the price but I’m a budget traveler and I didn’t think it was expensive. He’s pretty quick to respond if you reach out.

[@ziairj]

Dope ass video

[@ayngelina]

Thank you so much. It was the best thing I did in Colombia

[@ziairj]

How much is this tour?

[@ayngelina]

It’s best to contact Deimer as it depends on how many people are going. I was solo and thankfully able to join a big family.

[@elgringoec]

That was definitely an awesome tour! I have been in similar. In Ecuador they're called invasiones. Maybe you could do a video from Mapasingue. To recap one concern, they're squatters, they have no deed, but they have a right to be there? Is that the law there? Like here in the wild west, just stake a claim and it's yours as long as you can defend it from the next wanderer who'd like to claim it. 🤔

[@ayngelina]

I don’t know the legal status but I think they may have some legitimate claim as the police don’t tear down established homes just the ones that are being built or abandoned. But La Maria below supports these people being there so I think it’s a bit complicated.

[@mararo5925]

In Colombia, to ease the lack of housing for the poor, they passed a law that says, if you built a house in a land that isn’t yours and you live there for more than a decade, you can claim ownership, many of these slums over time become proper neighborhoods with services and streets.

[@elgringoec]

@@mararo5925 I don't know the details but nobody's getting kicked out of Mapasingue nor Guasmo, I know people who live there and have even installed plumbing and electricity. But suppose they wanted to go on vacation and leave the house empty for a while, when they come back and other people have taken over their house...

[@paulettepatricia]

Did they tell you what type of turtle it is? There is definitely a species of turtle that is endangered and it is illegal to buy/sell that species of turtle and the turtle eggs as well. Years ago Tony Bourdain did a show in Cartagena and ate some turtle eggs. He didn't know they were endangered so I'll give him a pass but he got a lot of flack for that. STOP promoting the illegal trade of endangered species.

[@ayngelina]

Well I’m not promoting it. The reason I’ve never eaten turtle is for this very reason. In fact in the video I addressed that I was concerned that it was endangered. This is why it’s important to go with a reputable guide who shared with me that it was a type of river turtle and not endangered like other turtles.

[@elgringoec]

Turtles are abundant. I can scarcely go for a walk without coming across at least one. The grandkids carry them to the house, make little habitats, play with them, feed them, and turn em loose after a couple days. Those are box turtles. In the creek we see snapping turtles. We don't try to pick them up! But they're aplenty and those are the ones that people use to make turtle soup. Species in danger of extinction these days are limited to certain varieties of very large sea turtles.

[@iluv2_travel]

i would never have eaten any turtle. I wouldn't believe anyone saying its not endangered- as if they would say the truth if it was. better to err on the safe side. just my opinion. @@ayngelina

[@nasrumnia1121]

you look so beautyful

[@ayngelina]

Thank you 😊

[@00Angelicareyes]

As far as I know Turtle is and endangered specie and forbidden To eat and also use their eggs, is a shame this is promoting the consumption with this video .

[@ayngelina]

This is river turtle not ocean turtle. And turtle as a species is mot endangered. There are lots of countries where even ocean turtle is not endangered.

[@rodrigoalonsocruz3345]

Can you please share Deinmer contact?

[@ayngelina]

It’s in the video description 😊