Poked my nose into the municipal library in Camagüey and it was like going back in time. No computers. No flexible furniture. Blackboard. Really not that many books. And card catalogues! Love it that Fidel has a whole drawer for himself 🙂
Unfortunately Wendy and I had to part ways in Baracoa – she was headed to the beach and I was headed back the way I came and through to Bayamo, the jumping off point to visit La Commandancia de la Plata where Fidel Castro, Che Guevara Pico Turquino from La Commandancia de la Plata – Cuba
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There are two ways to eat in Cuba – the cheap way (where you pay in CUP) and the expensive way (where you pay in CUC). Most visitors to Cuba stick with whatever Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor recommends, and I admit this is how I found some of my favourite meals in Cuba: Santiago de
We get frustrated and start to complain in Australia if we have to queue for more an a minute or two to achieve whatever it is we are trying to do. But really we have nothing to complain about. If you are not on a package tour to Cuba – you must get used
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After 4 days, Wendy (Belgian lady I travelled with for several days) and I escaped the hassle of Santiago de Cuba and caught the ViAzul bus to Baracoa. This trip (which in theory takes 5 hours, but in practice takes more like 6 due to all the unscheduled bus stops) passes through the infamous Guantanamo
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One of the reputations Cuba has is that it is the land of music. And while music is certainly much more prevalent and a much bigger part of the culture in Cuba than in Australia, it wasn’t quite on every street corner as you may be imagining. The no brainer way to enjoy some Cuban
A quick one to say that Cubans really have the prettiest umbrellas! Loved the designs I saw here.
The reason I caught a bus for 16 hours immediately upon arriving in Cuba was to ensure I was in Santiago de Cuba for the Festival of Fire / Festival del Caribe. I (and other travelers I met) had been anticipating lots of activities, colour and music – but not quite. I finally found a
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted some bird photos 🙂 Got to see the Cuban national bird – a Trojan called the Tocororo – a few times during my trip. Another gorgeous bird whose colours are reflected in the colours of the Cuban flag.
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There are no chicken buses in Cuba. There are many forms of transportation, but not a single chicken bus – I guess the United States embargoed the sale of their old school buses along with everything else. That being said, foreigners are very limited in which long-distance public transport they can actually take – and
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