Casa Hostal Ivan & Lucy
Travel Blogs from Camaguey
Carnaval and no tourists
So, I left Trinidad for Camaguey to then find a transport to Santa Lucia where I want to dive with bull sharks Yeah ! I know it will be somehow complkicated to reach Santa Lucia as there are no Via Azul buses going there. There are some buses for Cubans working in the hotels, but these are in principle forbidden for tourist. There is always the possibility to take a cab, which would cost something around 45 cuc. ...
Camaguey
... cut from a whole roast pig laid out on a trolley (unrefrigerated and uncovered). As meat is cut from the pig its body slumps like a building over subsiding land... We'll give the salmonella sammies a miss thanks lads.
Another food option, convenient but not as cheap as you might expect, is to eat at your casa particular. After a delicious dinner (with veges, woo hoo!) cooked by our casa owner we decided to check out the nightlife. We followed our ears to the Plaza de Los ...
Maxhütte
... Bei einem Mojito haben wir Hans alias Juan kennengelernt, der von 1980-85 in der Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn gearbeitet hat und noch immer ausgesprochen gut Deutsch spricht. Er hat uns viel über die kubanische Mentalität erzählt und uns Kuba ein ganzes Stück näher ...
Happy Easter
... him around the square – It really wasn’t that hard…….
Just riding up and down the streets watching the world go by was fascinating. On the main square there are Tinajones – large clay pots which were used for collecting water. They are partially buried in the ground so are bigger then they look. According to local legend an outsider offered water from a Tinajon will fall in love and never leave. I managed to climb ...
Our guide's hometown
... but we expected traditional Cuban music, but it was a disco, so we returned to the hotel - exhausted.
25th February 2012 - We went for a trip on bike taxis for a two hour visit to endless churches and galleries - gave us a good feel for the place. Then lunch and a few beers - and onto a one hour Spanish lesson!! ...