{"id":16808,"date":"2019-07-10T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T00:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/?p=16808"},"modified":"2019-07-10T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T00:08:29","slug":"getsemani-cartagenas-up-amp-coming-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/offcourse\/16808\/getsemani-cartagenas-up-amp-coming-community","title":{"rendered":"Getsemani \u2013 Cartagena\u2019s Up &amp; Coming Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16896\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Umbrellas.jpg\" alt=\"Getsemani Umbrellas\" width=\"949\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Umbrellas.jpg 949w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Umbrellas-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Umbrellas-768x809.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Colors, fun, and charm are on full display in the improving\u00a0Getseman\u00ed section of the Walled City in Cartagena.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time the Getseman\u00ed section of the Walled City of Cartagena was the ghetto of the area, run down with poor inhabitants and decaying buildings. Like many areas, it is being \u201crediscovered\u201d and those less fortunate are being forced to leave.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16897\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Fruit-Vendor.jpg\" alt=\"Getsemani Fruit Vendor\" width=\"768\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Fruit-Vendor.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Fruit-Vendor-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Have you ever seen such color? You might discover a special fruit flavor from this vendor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Where there was rubble and decay, there is now an emerging neighborhood full of artists, poets, and writers. Artful graffiti and cool street art cover many brick and concrete walls.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16900\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Art.jpg\" alt=\"Getsemani Wall Art\" width=\"1000\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Art.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Art-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Art-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Art-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Artists post their work outside in hope of a sale.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At night, the place parties. The colors of the day transform into the rhythmic melodies of the evening. Picture a combination of New Orlean&#8217;s French Quarter and Old Havana. Rundown colonial buildings are being bought by investors with plans for upscale boutique hotels just a few years in the offing. It is less traveled than other parts of the city, but don\u2019t wait, the charm is already there for an interesting walk.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16899\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Musician.jpg\" alt=\"Getsemani Wall Musician\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Musician.jpg 750w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Wall-Musician-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colors, fun, and charm are on full display in the improving\u00a0Getseman\u00ed section of the Walled City in Cartagena. Once upon&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/golf\/offcourse\/16808\/getsemani-cartagenas-up-amp-coming-community\" title=\"ReadGetsemani \u2013 Cartagena\u2019s Up &amp; Coming Community\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":16897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[993735,19164],"tags":[1017365,1017369,1017380,1017384,1017385],"class_list":["post-16808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-2","category-offcourse","tag-cartagena","tag-walled-city","tag-colombia","tag-getsemani","tag-artists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2019\/07\/Getsemani-Fruit-Vendor.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16808"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16902,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16808\/revisions\/16902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/robertfagan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}