Islazul Gran Hotel
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Carnaval and no tourists
... difficulty will probably be to find a place to sleep, because there are no Casa particular in Santa Lucia and basically only a row of 5 all inclusive hotels. Anyway, I will figure it out once I am there. Then I get lucky : the bus makes a stop for lunch after about 2 hours of ride. Will eating a sandwich, I see that the guy on the table next to me is looking at some underwater pictures on his computer. So I ask ...
Camaguey
... cut from a whole roast pig laid out on a trolley (unrefrigerated and uncovered). As meat is cut from the pig its body slumps like a building over subsiding land... We'll give the salmonella sammies a miss thanks lads.
Another food option, convenient but not as cheap as you might expect, is to eat at your casa particular. After a delicious dinner (with veges, woo hoo!) cooked by our casa owner we decided to check out the nightlife. We followed our ears to the Plaza de Los ...
Maxhütte
... Bei einem Mojito haben wir Hans alias Juan kennengelernt, der von 1980-85 in der Maxhütte in Unterwellenborn gearbeitet hat und noch immer ausgesprochen gut Deutsch spricht. Er hat uns viel über die kubanische Mentalität erzählt und uns Kuba ein ganzes Stück näher ...
Happy Easter
... to maintain much of its colonial buildings. Although many are still in need of much repair the streets are clean, the house are painted in fresh pastel colours and there is a definite warmth and ease of pace here. During our 6 hour drive here Romey told me this used to be rich cattle farm country and the city itself was once wealthy. The Americans planted large trees to provide shade for cattle and food during winter months back in the 1800’s. ...
Another nice colonial town
Rather than end up in Santiago de Cuba late at night I decided to stop off and visit another town and then catch a bus early the next morning to Santiago de Cuba.
Casa was fairly central and run by a nice family. After checking in started off by eating out at a chinese restaraunt. Though with the exception of a few items on it, the menu didnt look particularly chinese. When looking at the prices was guessing ...
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- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
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