Arguably the most memorable single item of “progress” made by the Obama Administration in the realm of foreign policy will be the radical shift, much belated as it is, away from an absurd decades old embargo on Cuba. . A…
Making someone’s day ~ Cuba
I remembered from our trip last year that people on the street (Trinidad in particular) came up to us asking for things like soap, pens and clothes. This time I took bars of soap especially to give to people when…
If we ever live in Cuba, it will be in Remedios…
We end our trip in what turns out to be our favorite city in Cuba – Remedios. Remedios is near the coast and looks like what we imagine Granada Nicaragua to have been like 20 years ago. As we write…
Beach Bums for a Night, in Cayo Guillermo, Cuba
The road has been built out into the ocean to allow access to a variety of cays and islands which make up the Jardines De los Reyes (Garden of Kings). Certainly the beach is magnificent. Powder white sand, translucent turquoise…
Bird-watching and Coral Reefs ~ Cuba.
For us, one of the key attraction of the Santa Lucia region is the abundance of bird life. After tossing and turning all night in the worst accommodation of our trip, we are up before the sun and start to hike towards…
Cuba: Breaking the Rules ~ Transportation with the locals ~ Santa Lucia
While Camaguey is a beautiful city, we intend to spend time in nature during our vacation. The potential destinations from Camaguey are plentiful, but the logistical solutions are not. Within a couple of hours of Camaguey lies an archipelago of…
Casas Particulares ~ the ONLY way to go in Cuba ~ Holguin, Gibara and Camaguey
When we get off the bus in Holguin from La Habana, a young man with a sign “Benjamin”, awaits us, and takes us to his cousin’s “casa particular”. We usually try to organize accommodation for just the first night of a trip,…
Green Global Trek ~ Cuba Revisited ~ On the Cheap ~ The Nicaragua Factor
. We’re back in Cuba! Last year was our first time in Cuba, a location we selected because of its proximity to Nicaragua, wanting to visit before the US embargo is finally lifted, with the prospect of hordes of American…