Hotel San Basilio
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... and escape.
Then we checked out the Moncada, the barracks that were the target of a failed attack by Fidel etc in 1953 that is now hailed as part of the revolution. Some of the exhibits were a bit gory e.g. torture equipment and photos of corpses where they lay after the attack.
Then on to the Museum of the Image which held an impressive collection of ...
Das Geschäft mit den Frauen
... Da sitzen am Nachmittag 4 englische blasse Senioren mit 4 hübschen jungen dunkelhäutigen Frauen am Tisch und trinken Mojito. Die Männer unterhalten sich, die Frauen schweigen. Ab und zu wird ein Lächeln ausgetauscht. Einheimische Jineteros übernehmen anschließend die „Gruppenführung“. Die Abgasbelastung in den Straßen von Santiago war enorm und kaum auszuhalten. Die menschenbeladenen Lkw die hier als Collectivos taugen stoßen meterlange schwarze Raufahnen ...
AN EASY WALK TO A CUBAN SHRINE
DAY NINE
Best: a sugar cane cutter in action
Worst: few brooks could babble as much as some English
Cool enough at some stage to put on a blanket. Needed the alarm at 0630 to get up for a short cold water shower. Did not even hear the rooster[s].
Brekkie was quick ie a coffee, scrambled eggs and some bread. Did not have juice, watching dumb John pass it away from me w/o asking if I wanted any; obviously not part of the English who think ...
Living like Kings
... into mammoth buses. The cars on the road are mostly american cars from 1930-1950 or Russian cars from 1950-1970. You see the occasional newer car (usually a government car or official tourist taxi).
We organised for the taxi driver to take us to Bacanao the next door and that afternoon he took us out to a colonial castle and pirate museum at the mouth of Santiago Harbour. It was great and a very decent castle fort. On the way out ...
Bilos og vilde motorcykler
... overfyldte gade, og den eneste vej derhen var gennem menneskemaengden.
Da vi forlod Santiago var det dog stadig med en vis glaede over at skulle videre. Vi foelte ligesom, at vi havde set byen, og der stod i Lonely Planet at Holguin, den naeste by, skulle vaere lidt mere afslappet og hustlerfri. Man skal dog ikke afskraekkes fra at besoege Santiago, man skal bare lige forberede sig paa at sige "No gracias" og "No necesito nada" lidt mere end hvad man er vant til.
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