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¿CUÁNTO CUESTA SU ADMINISTRADOR DE REDES? - Muchas empresas, sin importar su tamaño, tienen dificultades a la hora de pagar un software legal. Algunos ni siquiera pueden iniciar negocios por los costos que todo ello implica. Linux es una solución "O" (cero!) pesos. Colombia debe encaminarse hacia la "nueva economía": a la era del Internet. La industria exportadora empezó a reconocer el Internet como una plataforma de venta. Si usted está contento con sus costos para software, hardware y administración, debería seguir ojeando: ¡Este artículo es acerca del ahorro!
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Stupid English man, lots of money.
The hotel St Martin was very comfortable and the staff accommodating to their guests every need, however for a stay of five or six weeks maybe a self catering apartment would make sense.
This is our second morning in the city and word is out, that there is a stupid English man with lots money and looking for an apartment staying in hotel St Martin. By nine thirty three Mr Fixit?s had been on the telephone offering to arrange apartments, boat trips to the islands and full time minders.
I allowed one of them to engage me in conversation about accommodation, big big mistake.
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Before I finish the first days impression of Cartagena Centro let me make it quite clear that Cartagena is by no means total mayhem, although I must admit that was my initial thought when emerging from the taxi. We did find some well kept and in my experience unique old squares with peaceful pavement cafés?.
Once you had learnt to deal with the cigar sellers, shoe shine operators and other assorted vendors who in general were much more likely to accept a ?no thank you? than those in the market place you could relax with a coffee or a beer and take in the atmosphere.
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It was in late October 1999 that I arrived in Cartagena with a friend I had met on a caribbean island, lets call her Sandra. It was early evening and we where met by Sandra?s sister who I shall call Titch, the airport is not the most exciting in the world but it serves the purpose and we where very soon in a taxi heading for town.
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Looking for somewhere to eat? Somewhere cheap, or somewhere a little exclusive? Then look no further than this short guide to Cartagena eateries.
Note: none of the restuarants below have paid to be included in the list.
The restaurants have been divided into 3 categories:
Budget, catering to backpackers and busy locals and usually costing less than US$2 for a two course meal, Middle, for decent meals between US$2 and $10, and Top. The top restaurants can still be surprisingly cheap, main courses often costing less than US$10 or $15.
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 It was Saturday 19th of June 1999. For some weeks now, roughly-printed posters around Cartagena had been proclaiming "Correlejas and Fandango". When my housemate Jason and Jorge, a Colombian teacher friend asked if I wanted to go with them to a bullfight, I demurred.
"I don't like the idea of killing animals for entertainment" I protested. "There is no matador" said Jason, "just a load of people in the bullring taking a chance with the bulls...like the running of the bulls in Pamplona".
It sounded like harmless fun, so I agreed to accompany them. Little did I suspect I was to witness something that will stay in my memory for the rest of my life.
The Plaza de Toros bullring was just a short bus ride from Centro, next to Estadio Pedro Heredia, Cartagena's main football stadium. Part of the ring's brickwork had collapsed. Men on horseback milled among the spectators queuing for tickets. There were two ticket windows: Sombra, or shade, or the cheaper Sol, in the sun. We opted for the cheaper seats, and sat squinting into the setting sun beside some massive speakers blasting the sounds of various local bands into the crowd. I wished I had a hat like the men in the Sol stands - many were prudently wearing hand-made vueltiao hats.
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Plaza Santo Domingo, in Cartagena, is beautiful. On some of its red brick cobbles you can still read the word "Glasgow", from where they were brought over as ships' ballast. The mediaeval square is steeped in history, most of it well known. But a lot of its recent history is just as interesting. In 1983 there was absolutely nothing in Santo Domingo in the way of bars and restaurants. Most of the buildings were run down or totally abandoned. But a gamble and hard work by an American called Paco and his British associate Nick Beeson changed everything, and started a renaissance that has propelled the Plaza to be Colombia's premier tourist attraction.
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They say there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.
If the latter is getting you down you might like to reflect on the former, not in a grim or sad way, but by being pleasantly surprised by exploring one of Cartagena's best kept secrets: Manga's Cementerio de Santa Cruz.
Situated just a short taxi ride away from the historic central district, the cemetery offers an interesting and peaceful excursion for visitors looking for something a bit different. I went there on the invitation of Luisa Alvarez, an architect who is leading a campaign by the "Projectistas Cementerio Santa Cruz" to have the historic cemetery restored and protected. "London's Highgate and Buenos Aires' La Recoleta attract thousands every year" she said, "so could Manga."
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Cartagena
