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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.
We had another half day of driving ahead of us to get from Camagüey to Santiago de Cuba. Around halfway we stopped in Bayamo to get some street pizza (i.e. pizza sold in little private shops for local pesos … good and cheap) and to get a glimpse of town.
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We had one full day and two nights in Camagüey … and the oddest accommodation on the trip – a one star hotel. We got an introduction to town during a walking tour of town in the morning; the afternoon … Continue reading
We had a late start this morning (no wonder – most of us made it back to the casas only around 3:30 am, one even later) and left Trinidad around midday – heading for our next destination Camagüey. On the way we had a stop at a former plantation in the back country of Trinidad with the chance to make our own sugar cane juice and get a bird’s eye view from a nearby tower.
We returned from the hike in the early afternoon – enough time for further explorations of town and to check out some of the museums.
The night saw us attending an Afro-Cuban music/ dancing performance, followed by dancing on our part in The Cave – a nightclub in (you guessed it right) a cave.
