Casa Santana
Travel Blogs from Trinidad
Trinidad, how lovely!
... a crew of around 5 (Hanna, Martin, Carina, Jennifer & me) for beach drinks con Ron, hanging out at the Salsa Place to be (Casa de la Musica) and party in a cave until 3 pm (what a fantastic party location!). Of course a bike ride for a day was included to explore nice natural places like El Cubano (Waterfall) or La Boca (sleepy fisher village) on my ...
Down on cash, up on cigars... by Dani
... catching a local bus & this was only possible as they’d asked a Cuban person to buy the tickets. Its almost enough to make you sick when you fly past bus stops at 100km/hr whilst locals remain desperately waiting for any means of transport with hopelessness in their eyes.
Leaving Havana along the main highway the bus dodges horse drawn carts, 1950’s cars & men on horseback. Its is quite a novelty for us to see. In a sense you feel guilty being so amused ...
Che Por Siempre
... the two plotted the overthrow of the creepy Cuban dictator, Batista.
To make a long story short, Che, Fidel and their band of guerrillas successfully crushed Batista's army, sent him running away to the Dominican Republic, and instituted socialism. Overnight, everyone in Cuba was on the same level; free housing, education and medical care was soon available. Fidel became leader, ...
Trinidad
Trinindad die viertälteste Kolonialstadt Kubas die mit Ihrer Architerktur von der UNSECO als Weltkulturerbe erklärt wurde. Das Ortsbild ist mit Kopfsteinplaster Strassen und sehr alten Gebäuden geprägt. Wie üblich haben wir auf der Fahrt nach Trinidad einen Kubaner mitgenommen der uns natürlich auch gleich zu sich nachhause eingelanden hatt um sich mit einem Mojito bei uns zu ...
Beautiful old town
... and then through the countryside, with a luxurious green vegetation and from time to time a farm (or campesinos). Finally, we get to the cascade where we spend an hour. It is really nice refreshing water and one can swimm in the waterfall. Thereafter, we have about 1 hour left to get back to Trinidad in time... hence, we are now galloping all the way where the terrain allows it, i.e. where there is grass or mud (where we get splashed ...