In fact it was the same Colombian family who told us about this other amazing beach – cabo de la vela in the state of la guiajira that was only ´2 hours away´. I´ve come to realize the Colombian concept of time and hours is vastly different to the European, so really shouldn´t have trusted them. When we got to riohacha which was 2 hours away we were told it was another 6hours through the desert, advisable only by personal guide at a cost of $200 dollars. Various sources of information had warned us against travelling through the desert in la guijira, so the alternative option of taking 3 public buses through indigenous villages seemed a bit scary. Also we´d been told to watch out for the indigenous boys of la guijira who, if they like the look of ladies have been known to be quite persistent in keeping them for marriage, in exchange for a few goats (we were told it wasn´t strictly kidnapping as it was to do with traditional custom). Either way we decided we´d cut our losses, spend the afternoon in a flamingo reserve before heading back to taganga which in itself turned out to be a random affair (again the 1hour trip lasted 3hours and we were stuck on a boat with our Colombian guide, his nephew and the boat man who spent hours singing passionate ranchero tunes – see the facebook link).
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