So after deciding we couldn't endure anymore sandfly bites we left Costeño and headed for Taganga, a small fishing village near Santa Marta best known on the Gringo trail for its cheap Padi diving courses.
Still feeling under the weather we arrived and booked in for a scuba course to start after a day or two of chilling out in the hostel.
Unfortunately during this time Halifax managed to suspend our credit card account so that we couldn't get any cash out, Barclays blocked our debit cards even though we had told them we were going abroad and the one-and-only cash machine in the village was out of money. This was one thing to deal with when we were at the hostel with mobile phone and wifi reception but not so fun when we found out about it in the middle of Exito (supermarket) in Santa Marta.
