CARTAGENA 2024

Friday, September 27 - Thursday October 3, 2024

Yes, darling, of course we're going back!

There is no place on earth I love more than I love Blue Apple.

Here are just a few of my reasons:

Blue Apple only serves responsibly and ethically sourced food and drink. If they can't get yogurt from happy cows, they take it off the menu until they can.
The staff are like family. They are excellent at what they do, and they LOVE to show that off.
The sun sets into the water smack in the center of the cove, and that water is so clear...you have to see it to believe it.
You can spend your days on the beach or ferry into stunning Cartagena and explore.
We do our first night in the city at their sister hotel, Townhouse, for ease of travel.
The whole place is made with native materials and repurposed recyclables.
Every single room is different, and divine.

I promise, after a week, you will have a list of your very own.

What your cost covers

INCLUDED

· One night and breakfast at Townhouse in Cartagena (link HERE)

· Five nights and all meals at Blue Apple Beach Club (link HERE)

· Twice Daily yoga and welcome cocktails at both hotels!

· Unlimited ferries to and from Cartagena and Tierra Bomba ($4 port fee still applies)

· A day boat trip to neighboring islands

WHAT'S NOT

· Flights to and from CTG airport

· Taxis to and from CTG

· Dinner Friday the 27th

· Cocktails, tips, horseback rides, the usual extras

· Small port fee for each ferry ride

You're Worth It

Pricing:

All rooms have air conditioning, blackout curtains, and a Nespresso machine. Links to each room type in green below.

Premium Cabana with bathtub and plunge pool: Double occupancy only, $2600/pp*

SOLD OUT

Cabana with plunge pool: $3500 for single occupancy, $2400/pp for double*

ONE LEFT

*double occupancy in the cabanas can be one king or two twins, please specify

Seaview Cabin: $3500 for single, $2400/pp for double SOLD OUT

Superior King Main House Room: $3000 for single occupancy, $2150/pp for double

SOLD OUT

Standard King Main House Room: $3000 for single occupancy, $2150/pp for double

ONE LEFT

Triple Room Main House Queen bed: $2000/pp

(Lulo & Guama)

Triple Room Main House twin bed: $1900/pp

(Lulo & Guama)

$1000 per person non-refundable deposit (basically a half payment) holds your place. Remainder is due in July, I'll send you a link to complete payment at that point.

Please specify your room type and number of occupants in the notes (include one king/two twins for cabanas)
Include include your email address in the notes

Online payments are an additional 2.3%. If you want to avoid this, venmo me at @whereboatsgo and include the same information. You are free to use the 'goods and services' option on venmo but any fees will be added to your final invoice, so double check and TURN OFF PURCHASES because I'm not chasing refunds around, even though I love you.

FAQs

Please email me at marina@radicalyoga.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Talk to me about flights

You are flying into CTG at any time on Friday, 9/27 and out of CTG any time after 12p on Thursday, 10/3. Townhouse will check you in at 2pm on Friday the 27th and there's a shuttle from the airport that can be paid for at the hotel upon checkout, it's appx $30 USD.

What's Blue Apple like?

We have the resort to ourselves in the morning and evening for yoga and quiet meals. Between 10:30 and 5:30, day visitors come from the mainland, boats, and other islands to drink, dance, and make merry. Ibiza and the south of France were the inspiration for this place, so there is always music. There are also sometimes drag shows and performers. BA is a joyful, inclusive, solar-powered, zero-guilt celebration of life.

Food, obv

We are eating off the MENU. Your full board gets you three generous meals a day with vegetarian and gluten free options. In addition, there will be fruit and a smoothie available before yoga in the morning. If you need more than that, throw it on your tab along with your cocktails and pay for it when you leave. If you know you need a protein bar before a class in the morning, bring it or buy it in the city before we head to the island. Also I STRONGLY suggest hitting EVOK chocolate at the beginning of the trip and then again at the end.

What should I pack?

Bathing suits and the smallest items of yoga clothes you have. I go there for a full month and I don't check a bag, that's how little you need. You can hang stuff dry between classes, you can do laundry for a fee but it is an eco-conscious resort so they prefer to air dry. If you have something fabulous you must wear for a night in the city, this is the place! But you can make do with shorts and tanks the whole time.

Do I bring my own mat?

Blue Apple provides mats, they're generic but they work just fine and honestly, you get so sweaty it makes more sense to pack a yoga specific towel (or two) than a heavy grippy mat if slipping in your concern. Blocks are provided as well.

What else can I think of?

Your plugs will work. Your credit cards will work everywhere except the street vendors who sell fruit, art, clothing, and other handmade goods. The local currency is Colombian pesos (the conversion rate is wild, congratulations you're a millionaire) and there are ATMs at the airport and within blocks of Townhouse. Once you're on the island there are not many places to walk or shop at all, so buy anything you need in Cartagena on your first day there or take a trip back (the shopping is so fabulous you're going to want to anyway and you get unlimited boat rides there!).

Last and Vital

Blue Apple is a resort on an island in the Caribbean Sea. There are lizards, there are roosters, there is sometimes less hot water than you'd like. There's air conditioning in the rooms but you're asked to turn it up when you're not in there. This place is run by friends of mine whom I love and respect the same way I love and respect each of you, and their values are dancing, inclusion, cocktails, and keeping the earth healthy. This retreat is not for everyone. Please reach out to me if you're on the fence. If this is your retreat, you'll be booking your next stay by the end of the week I swear. If it's not, I'll catch you on another one. xoxo

BLISS AT BLUE APPLE BEACH

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