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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.
