Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Travel Blogs

The day that turned around
May 8, 2008 (3 photos)

... - two anthropologists travelling with their two young children from the states.  They explained the situation with the airlines - Cuba received a few airbuses from Venezuela recently so domestic air travel is nowhere near as sketchy as it once was.& ...

Ross's first 12 hour bus trip
May 6, 2008

... the course of our trip.  I rebounded quickly enough and we got to the bus with time to spare.  The price to Santiago de Cuba was 33CUC each.  Kara & Leigh showed up a few minutes later - they decided to go to Cienfuegos on the same bus ...

Our clothes are in a tree....a mango tree.
May 7, 2008 (4 photos)

... following us waiting for us to crack and get in - the heat was soooo intense! Lesson learned: don't wander the streets of Santiago de Cuba in the midday sun.  HOT!  (As Ross would say, only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun....) ...

Your wife has a long nose
May 4, 2008

three nights

Castro's City
May 22, 2009 (4 photos)

... have cupboards of possessions and take it all for granted.  The next day we took in the sites including the cemetery of Santiago. There you will find the resting place of Jose Marti. The impressive mausoleum is guarded by the national service 24hrs a day ...

Baseball Game
Feb 16, 2005

... of their arch rivals - Havana! Emma decided it wasn't here thing and I think she was right. Eventually it got underway and Santiago took the lead and the tension built, then it swung the other way, then back. Very close... Before the end our Cuban ...

Santiago de Cuba
Sep 29, 2006

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Cutumba and Rum (ba)!
Jun 18, 2006

... after dark and was met by the seemingly nice Mirtha (time would prove otherwise...) and whisked off to her casa. I think Santiago de Cuba was definitely my favourite town in Cuba - it just had a cool vibe and definitely had much more stuff going on ...

Cuba photos
Aug 27, 2005 (5 photos)

Here are a few pics from my Cuba trip in April-May.

Started School in Santiago de Cuba
Jan 31, 2005 (3 photos)

Started Spanish lessons today, 4 hours each morning of gruelling grammar. After lunch and a beer it is off to Salsa lessons. Back for some homework, a huge Cuban feast and more homework, washed down with a little rum.

Santiago de Cuba
Nov 29, 2006 (19 photos)

... not an issue, it was the deceit... fecking really annoying!!!!! We left Camaguey and got the bus to the birthplace of Salsa... Santiago de Cuba. Once again we Gustavo had recommended a place to stay, so we went there. We knocked on the door, the old ...

Santiago de Cuba
Nov 25, 2004 (5 photos)

scenario number one: after i spent a day with my mum in la habana, we took the train from the capital to santiago de cuba. the trainride should have taken 15 hours, but took about 50% more as the train broke (v disconcerting when the lock gets ...

Santiago de Cuba
Jul 4, 2006 (3 photos)

... the Castillo del Morro [our taxi was an old American chevrolet- lots o Cuban cars date from the 50s] and enjoying the Carribean festival that was taking places in Santiago. There was live music in the main square every night and a parade throught the city.

Under construction - Oriente
Nov 8, 2007 (41 photos)

... sun is back, everyone is in the streets, there's a cool atmosphere here... Due to slow and very expensive internet in Cuba, these entries are under construction... I hope to fill this big gap once I get home in december. Cuba was difficult ...

Beaches, waterfalls and more dancing
Apr 5, 2006 (15 photos)

... hour and a hlaf late, then took 2 hoursa longer than expected so 18hrs after getting to the train station we finally arrived in Santiago de Cuba. I had a fever on the train as well so wasnt ion the best of moods and its much much hotter at this end of the ...

Under construction
Nov 10, 2007 (24 photos)

Under construction .

Under construction
Nov 9, 2007 (24 photos)

Under construction .

Santiago
May 3, 2005 (1 photos)

Santiago de Cuba was a very colourful city although the buildings were quite dilapidated in comparison to Havana, and we had to ward off quite a few jiniteros!

cuba
Dec 16, 2005

So that was that...complex and a little cazy.....casa particulares and buses...learned a lot and sat around parks too much. There was a walk in the country and a cave, there was a very late night in havana and a look in the mirror. There was a lot of talk ...

Under construction
Nov 8, 2007 (72 photos)

Under construction .

Castles and Mansions and Bartering - Oh My!
Aug 4, 2005 (71 photos)

Our last full day in Cuba started out with a 5:30am wake-up call to be on our bus by 6:30 for Santiago de Cuba. The restaurant wasn't open yet, so we grabbed a cappuccino at the outdoor bar & grill (which is only closed between 6-7am) and went to the villa ...

Son y salsa
Nov 2, 2006

... , Lebanese descendents. We met him first on the bus to Camaguey, he went to Holguin. We were onthe same bus to Santiago de Cuba. We envited him to Franco's, because Franco is a man who knows everyone (well we didn't know that at the time....) The three ...

Los Jineteros de Santiago
Nov 5, 2006

Los jineteros de Santiago Jineteros are people (men and women) who offer services (taxis, casas,girls..) to tourists for a lot of money, and at the same time they gain dinner, drinks,....The number of jineteros in Santiago is pretty big, because there's ...

Sarah: Santiago, Cuba: An improvement
Feb 23, 2008

... a lot of money in Cuba. A lot of people live in what we would consider poverty. The issue of reform in Cuba is a very controversial and complex subject. Speaking of reform, I read recently on the internet that, with Fidel Castro stepping down ...

Eastward Ho!
Feb 4, 2002 (3 photos)

Another long bus ride thru Cuba's country side to Santiago de Cuba. Also met by phone ahead arrangement. This time by a young man late twenties, speaking American English. Stayed with his family, mother, wife, baby for three nights. Very enjoyable stay ...

Trinidad to Santiago
Jul 21, 2008

... the opposite way, we laugh and chat the rest of the way to the bus station - Heather (Feather) is a Californian, a rare surprise in Cuba, most Americans not wanting to get caught here as it can incur a prison sentence if they're caught (or so I'm told). & ...

Santiago
Feb 7, 2009

De marcha en Santiago...

Santiago
Jul 23, 2007

... worst taxi of all times, "Seatbelts? ha ha ha". Then a muchos bitchios at receptiono made for a not so welcome welcome to Santiago. It did get better however with a couple of chill outs by the pool sipping mojitos and playing dominos. The town was totally ...

Santiago
Feb 4, 2009 (110 photos)

Una ciudad muy bella y simpatica.

Santiago to Baracoa and back again
Jul 23, 2008

... about relaxing and enjoying the company of new found friends. I manage the energy to have a look around the oldest house in Cuba which, considering its pre-Shakespeare is in very good nick. I even get the opportunity to play chess with some locals, which ...