Holiday Magazine 397 – The Cartagena de Indias Issue

Description

Following its last trip—to Samarkand—Holiday ventures across the Atlantic and sets course for Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. An issue devoted to a Caribbean wonder listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and placed under the patronage of Gabriel García Márquez, whose autobiographical pages about a city he loved so dearly are republished in the magazine, alongside memories shared by his son Rodrigo. Elsewhere, artist Oscar Murillo speaks openly in an extended interview; writer Victor Pouchet contributes a singular text drawn from his journey to the city; Yohir Akerman recounts what it means to grow up in Cartagena; Natasha A. Fraser tells the story of a mysterious mermaid ring; historian Jorge Orlando Melo paints a portrait of the ambiguous Simón Bolívar; chef Juan Arbelaez shares his recipe for arroz de coco; and Vanessa Rosales Altamar provides a handbook to her hometown. Other pieces offer in-depth looks at the former Palace of the Inquisition, made-in-Colombia Afrobeat or the extraordinary destiny of boxer Kid Pambelé. On the photographic side, Milena Villalón and Matheus Agudelo wander, armed with their singular gaze, between past and present in the streets of a city whose history is as rich as it is tumultuous, long known as La Heroica.