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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== Towards [[Baranquilla]], [[Medellín]], [[Bogota]] ===
The one trunc road to [[Baranquilla]] and [[Medellín]] is the one going past the castle. At ''La Bomba del Amparo'', there is one splitting (Baranquilla-Medellín), if you head down to [[Medellín]] some kilometers there is another turnoff to [[Baranquilla]] and a good place to hitch.
Another option is to take the road to [[Baranquilla]] 4kms past the turnoff to the bus station (Terminal) to a police stopping. Here the cars slow down and often you may get a chance to talk to the drivers.
Another good spot is a gas station (and stamp point) called Florida. There are loads of trucks going to Bogota and to Medellin. Better hours are between 6 and 8 in the morning (better if you sleep there then, you can ask to the restaurant or to the hotel to put your tent somewhere).
How to get there: take a bus to Mamonal from the center of Cartagena, and ask to the driver to let you in the industrial zone, where the mototaxis are. Then take a mototaxi to Florida. Alternatively, you can walk about 6 km till the Florida station.
Don't make the mistake to stop in the Dona Cleme station(2km before): that is much smaller and with less traffic.
=== Towards [[Panama]] ===
