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Travel Blogs from Trinidad
Trinidad, how lovely!
The plan afterwards was to catch the bus to Trinidad and I stepped on for a cold overnight ride, where I got to know Carina (German backpacker). So this was the first step into a network for my travel time in Cuba, because it seems that Trinidad is made for meeting chilled, cool backpacking people (lotta Germans) instead of couples or tourist groups with a schedule. ...
Down on cash, up on cigars... by Dani
... price, we realise the difference in bus classes. There are ‘tourist buses’ & ‘local buses’. The tourist buses are air conditioned complete with toilets & close to brand new. Prices are way too high for locals to afford, thus making the segregation unavoidable & the feeling of resentment towards tourists even more evident.
We would much rather catch the ‘local buses’ but this is forbidden. Through our trip we only heard of 1 ...
Che Por Siempre
... in another time with horse-drawn carts and oxen-pulled plows. We visited Santa Clara where Che's remains rest with an eternal flame, lit by Castro himself. They say when the public was invited to pay their respects, a line over three miles long formed. Also in Santa Clara is the site where the rebels blew up Batista's armored train, cutting off communication and weapon supply. Next we ...
Trinidad
... Diese Gastfreundschaft der Kubaner wäre in der Schweiz wünschenswert, denn er zeigt uns auch gleich wo unsere telefonisch res. Casa zu finden ist und meinte so nebenbei falls die Zimmer uns dort nicht gefallen sollen wir zu Ihm nachhause kommen. Die reservierte Casa war von aussen unscheinbar aber von innen wunderhübsch und kitschig. Nach einer Dusche genossen wir dort über denn ...
Trinidad
... ended up paying double... Not exactly a rip-off!
We have discovered other moneda nacional dining options too. It costs less than a buck to get an omelette sandwich from a hole-in-the-wall shop. Certainly nothing fancy but it was cooked on the spot for us, didn't taste too bad and was a lot cheaper than the CUC restaurants. Also you meet people. We chatted to a couple of locals, ...