A taxi stand is immediately to your right as you exit the airport terminal and will print out a ticket for the exact cost of the ride to your hotel (about 9.000 to El Centro). Remember that the Cartagena airport does not open until 4:30 a.m. If you arrive before then you will be sitting outside on the benches watching the janitors mop the outside walkway. A bus circles around El Centro picking you up at stops along Avenida Santander to take you to the bus station, which is 20 minutes away, for 2.000 pesos. The bus terminal is 30 minutes from the walled city by taxi or bus. Destinations of interest (time of travel) — frequency (cost): To Tolú (3 hours) — leaves every hour ($6) To Santa Marta (4 hours) — leaves every hour ($8) To Bucaramanga (8 hours) — leaves every hour in the mornings and evenings ($16) To Medellín (13 hours) — leaves every hour in the mornings and evenings ($26)