Casa Particular Los Helechos
Travel Blogs from Camaguey
Carnaval and no tourists
... he knows something about diving in Santa Lucia. And well, it turns out that he is a dive instructor in the place called Jardines del Rey, which is the best place in Cuba to dive, but also a very expensive one as only 500 persons are allowed, a year ! But he can still help me as he knows a dive instructor, Pedro, in Camaguey who also goes to Santa Lucia for diving. Great ! I get the phone number and we arrive ...
Camaguey
... was not very Catholic at all - it consisted of a percussion and brass group surrounded by a crowd of dancing people. No coffin or any religious symbolism was apparent. The parade started at an intersection and headed to a square, with an inexplicable lengthy stop outside the state-run icecream store.
At about this point Nat took a photo of a dancing transvestite wearing a see-through floral top and then got hit on by said transvestite (called Claudia) and dragged off by the arm ...
Maxhütte
Hier war es im Vergleich zu Trinidad viel gemütlicher, da diese Stadt bei Touristen nicht so beliebt ist. Der Stadtkern ist nicht so romantisch und schön, aber die Leute wirken entspannter und auf den Straßen ist mehr Leben. Da zeigt sich auch an der Anzahl der geöffneten Bars ...
Happy Easter
... Trova for some music and dancing. Camaguey is a University town so all the young things came dressed up for a big night. Discos are the same the world over. The women are dressed to the nines in really high heels and the men sit on the edges drinking rum and watching the girls dance before making their moves later in the night. David and I put our new dance steps into practice and I also danced the Salsa with a couple of local boys.
I also tried ...
Our guide's hometown
24th February 2012 - Long long day travelling to Cuba's third largest city, Camaguey, the home of our guide George, and driver Roly. It took about 8 hours, which included a stop for lunch. Arrived and went for a quick orientation walk, then dinner at a superb Italian restaurant, and onto a nightclub - I know, we are ...