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Today was reserved for a full day of hiking in the valleys around Viñales. On the way out of town we met our guide and continued into the farmland stopping at some of the tobacco houses on the way. Our … Continue reading
The third week of the trip was to start today … Natalia referred to it as the relaxing part. Also the group composition changed; only three of us continued, so we got nine newbies on the group … now coming from Australia and Canada.
We left Havana midday and made our way into Viñales (after an extended lunch stop) in the afternoon. Here we moved into our casas – to then meet up again and go for a walk around town.
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We had one full day in Havana … I had already seen, what I had high on my list, so I took it easy today … with more explorations in Habana Vieja and another round on the tourist bus.
This day we made it back to the capital by plane – actually we were flying to an unfinished airport outside of Havana … as it turned out we had flown from Baracoa to Playa de Baracoa.
We made it back into town – this time staying in a bigger casa in Habana Vieja – with a nice rooftop terrace providing great views of town.
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Another day in Baracoa – once more an active day. Today we left town heading South-East, walked along the black sand beach, crossed over Rio Miel (honey river) and into the hills and down to a cave with a fresh … Continue reading
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We left Baracoa heading towards El Yunque (the table mountain shown on one of the photos from yesterday) – however without the intention to get up the mountain; we rather had a simple waterfall hike in mind. The hike started … Continue reading
After our arrival to Baracoa Natalia took us for a tour to show us the highlights (malecon, cathedral) and essentials (cadeca, supermarket etc.) of town. The tour ended with a walk up to Hotel El Castillo – in time for a sunset drink.
Today we continued from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa.
Up into 1960s Baracoa had no direct connection to the outside world; it could only be reached by sea. This changed 1964 when La Farola was opened … a street crossing over mountains of the Sierra del Puril – today considered one of Cuba’s seven engineering wonders.
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On our second day in Santiago we had an included city tour and this time going beyond just the city center. We first made it to the Plaza de la Revolucion with a statue of the city’s hero Antonio Maceo. … Continue reading
We made it into Santiago mid-afternoon. After a short break – to settle in with our casa hosts – we met again for a tour of the town center with its squares, historical buildings and the cathedral.
