Colombia with two young kids

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Anonymous wrote:We enjoyed the Sofitel Baru Resort. Short boat ride from Cartagena.

+1, they are connected with the Sofitel Legend in Cartagena and will coordinate your transport. They have a kids club.

Just looked up the nightly rates. Over $3000 per night!?

The presidential suite is a bit over 3k. The “cheap” rooms are about $600 a night.

That's nuts, even $250/night is crazy money in Colombia.

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This is probably the best advice. Also, Colombia is 10X better if you speak Spanish. I honestly don't know how people navigate things in Colombia without basic Spanish.

It's a challenge but it's really not that difficult. I just say "quanto" and show them my phone's calculator app and most of the time they understand and put in the price of whatever. Colombia has a big initiative to have kids become relatively fluent in English so most younger Colombians will speak English with you. Many also, at a mall for example, will offer to help if they see you're having translation issues.