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The third cuban instalment..., Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

The third cuban instalment...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung

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... . And so damn cheap. If you go to the right places. As you struggle to walk along the bumpy cobblestones of Trinidad's centro historico, contemplating the menus of the city's more officialestablishments, women from all angles accost you with promises of ...

Feliz in Cuba, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Feliz in Cuba

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... to Jorge (the father of Odalis, our hostess) who says some jibes I can't translate but I'm pretty sure I get the gist of. Trinidad has a reputation for good, accessible music, so we have lots of choices. At Jorge's recommendation, we head up the to the ...

Mas Tranquilo, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Mas Tranquilo

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... dates from the 1870s, and shares the high ceilings, tile roofs and elaborate plaster door arches of most casas in Trinidad. All these lovely places with their lush inner courtyards lie hidden behind mostly non-descript housefronts that hug the ...

Farewell, Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Farewell, Trinidad

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... lilt that entices. The music of the island might be a result of that movement, not its cause. The perfect ending to our time in Trinidad comes at the bus stop. Jorge helps lug our bags the 10-minute walk to the station. Even with me loaded up with ...

Rain, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Rain

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... the two carry out with hand gestures) with one of the maids from the beach hotel, on her way home. We finally arrive in Trinidad, after stopping at various tiny communities, but where in town are we? Bici-taxis hover, locals offer opinions, but no one ...

Valle de los Ingenos & Peninsula de Ancon, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Valle de los Ingenos & Peninsula de Ancon

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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... valley and the peninsula which was totally worth the stop.  That took us half the day, and then we headed back to Trinidad. We ate lunch at one of the only good state restaurants in Trinidad, the Trinidad Colonial. The food was quite good and ...

Slow train coming, Valle de Los Ingenios, Cuba travel blog

Slow train coming

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... it's really spanked into the next calle. We chat with some kids about Canadian and Cuban weather until the light recedes up the street, then march home for our last dinner in Trinidad. Our coolest night in Cuba, we actually put blankets on the ...

cobbly streets, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

cobbly streets

A travel blog entry by kris

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... I feel a bit better today, I didnt make it to the sancti spiritus museum yesterday instead just opting for a long walking tour of trinidad and its little street parties it seems to be having.. I called it a night early as from yesterday I have decided to ...

To the south, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

To the south

A travel blog entry by mbgower

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... end -- concrete buildings without any walls, standing like dinosaurs along the way. The foothills of the mountains which effectively left Trinidad marooned for much of the last century roll their green lovely way up from the south. It's a dramatic ...

Will I ever leave Trinidad?, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Will I ever leave Trinidad?

A travel blog entry by kiemce

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What a relief to leave Varadero far, far behind. Having roughly 2hrs sleep under my belt, I staggered to the bus station, jumped on, and then entered "silent tourist mode". You see, as soon as you speak on a bus filled with tourists.. someone's gonna ...

Dancing in Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Dancing in Trinidad

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros

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... Trinidad, we shall continue. After arriving back, we took a drive up to Topes de Collantes which was in the mountains above Trinidad. There was a massive edifice which had been built by the former president Batista in two stages. He started it in 1937 and ...

Rossīs first long bus ride, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Rossīs first long bus ride

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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Today is Rossīs first long-ass bus-ride.  Itīs six hours from Havana to Trinidad!  We started our day with coffee at the Plaza Vieja after breakfast at our casa.  The plaza is undergoing a major renovation, and it looks like it might ...

Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad

A travel blog entry by jessica_cdn

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We started our day off a bit later after our night out with Kara and Leigh.  We had breakfast at the casa which consisted of fresh mango juice, papaya and eggs.  We took a leisurely stroll through the plaza and ran into lots of touts who were ...

Tell me it's not true!, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Tell me it's not true!

A travel blog entry by kiemce

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The whole of Trinidad is in mourning. The world is now a different place, worse for the loss of a great man - our mate, Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin. It was hard to fight back the tears, but I somehow managed. Others weren't so reserved and just let ...

Steps and hitchhiking, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Steps and hitchhiking

A travel blog entry by americankluntje

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... fruit and ice cream are their main ways to satisfy the desire for sweets. Absolutely fine with me because the Mango in Trinidad is the best in Cuba and for that matter I believe it has to be the best in the world. It is incredible. Absolutely delicious. ...

Colonial Trinidad & Cayo Coco, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Colonial Trinidad & Cayo Coco

A travel blog entry by kc2009

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Trinidad is another of UNESCO declared heritage sites in Cuba.  The whole town still carries the colonial feel, with brightly coloured buildings and cobbled streets.  We spent the first day drinking potent cocktail which is made from honey, rum, lemon ...

Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad

A travel blog entry by curioustravel

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... first time I was ever up to my neck in bicycle with baggage all around unable to move a whole lot. We made it to Trinidad and I really needed to go relieve myself with all the bumps and excitement. Well, this very large and slow moving lady found me and ...

Salsa, Salsa, Spanish and more Salsa, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Salsa, Salsa, Spanish and more Salsa

A travel blog entry by davidandem

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... Simon Spanish lessons msimon@ehttdad.co.cu Yudel Paredes Vazquez Professional dance teacher - Salsa & other cuban rhythms Contact at: Piro Guinart No 113 e/ Frank Pais y Clemente Pereira, 62600, Trinidad S.S. Cuba Tel: (01-419) ...

Trinidad, Cuba, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad, Cuba

A travel blog entry by domkop

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Cuba Libre cont'd, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Cuba Libre cont'd

A travel blog entry by lingo83

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... chips as we couldn't stop ourselves once they were in front of us.  The breakfast was also great - mango juice!! Trinidad was a much better looking town.  The oldest section of it was cobblestoned streets and cars weren't allowed to drive up ...

A day in Cuba Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

A day in Cuba Trinidad

A travel blog entry by amydavid

Ok here is a typical day in TrinidadCuba. - Woke up at 4am by a rooster outside my window. - Perfect Beach Weather  -Walked down the street to pay a different third price for the same amount of bread purchased over the same amount of ...

Beautyful and lovely Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Beautyful and lovely Trinidad

A travel blog entry by nadines2011atwt

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... um die ganze Welt gereist ist und Cuba aehnlich wie ich empfindet. Vor allem als single, als Frau ist es nicht lustig. In trinidad werde ich von Pablo abgeholt, der auf mich mit einem Schild wartet, es geht mit einem Rad tuktuk durch die ...

Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad

A travel blog entry by hasson.yossi

Salsa, Ciggars, Ron... what else do you ...

money makes money, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

money makes money

A travel blog entry by vitako

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... 22823;約6個小時車程到達古巴第二個城市 ...

carnival...or something like that, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

carnival...or something like that

A travel blog entry by rubyfunk

... .shutterfly.com After three days in Baracoa, I was back on the bus - this time for the 18 hour trip back to Trinidad - aah! I decided to return because the town was having their annual carnival that weekend which I was very excited to see. I ...

EN Experiencing it all, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

EN Experiencing it all

A travel blog entry by obrobr

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... the coast without even considering going to see the town. We got to the bus station to find out that the only bus to Trinidad leaves approximately in 16 hours. Luckily, local taxi driver was after a long discussion happy to take us straight away for few ...

Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad

A travel blog entry by alexkons

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... can simply "take over" a communist country. they have to adapt and slowly learn how to cope, and not just be overrun by new values and concerns. on a lighter note, cuba also has no americans--which makes for a very pleasant atmosphere for ...

Trinidad and the casa culture, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad and the casa culture

A travel blog entry by samandpriya

... It was 35C and just walking down the road made us feel we were about to melt. We were on our way to Trinidad, on the southern coast of Cuba and would return to Havana the following week to meet our friends Fahreen & Shafiq from England who were coming to ...

Horses, Horses, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Horses, Horses

A travel blog entry by maille

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... where they make their cash!) we had to move around a bit but not too far and all nice.     The first day n trinidad we went to the beach and went out on a catamarange (ŋ?) to go snorkeling on the coral reef, it was small but there were a ...

Trinidad, Trinidad, Cuba travel blog

Trinidad

A travel blog entry by mickandsarah

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... the best place in Trinidad... Gustavo's gaff....  old colonial house, complete with rocking chairs n a lovely patio. Now... Trinidad is a lovely town, with lovely cobbled streets and old colonial buildings. However, and this is a big HOWEVER, ...

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