and in the very back there, that's bocagrande, the modern section of cartagena. traditionally, that's the area where the upper classes live, but also, for a long time it was the tourist area in cartagena because that's where the beaches are. but now there has been a shift towards the old city. in the 1920's there was this oil company from north america which came here to install the pipelines for the oil refinery. and what they did is they bought the whole peninsula to build some really beautiful california style mansions, with some elements of the old city. and then when this company left, they sold the houses to the locals, but in the 80's they started to destroy all those houses to build high rises. but the highest ones, the biggest ones are from the last ten years. (sophie fouron) and there are still some high rises that are being developed as we speak. - yes, absolutely. actually there are several of them. most of them, well there are three of them that are big hotels and i have to say something about that. you will see lots of hotel chains in cartagena and