Jagua Cienfuegos

... Of course!

Feeling pretty annoyed at the whole country we left the bus station and wandered out into the hot midday sun in our bathers, the perfect environment in which to become even more annoyed. We *****ed about how many things we couldn't do in Cuba for a while, I admit. It was just so frustrating, we just wanted to lie on the beach! Who is that going to hurt?

We walked about 3km out of town and past the stinky ...

... halbf**tigen Zustand. Beschild**ungen gibt es fast gar nicht, ab** uns** Fahr** kennt sich zum Glueck aus, Abfahrten enden irgendwo im Zuck**rohrfeld und viele Bruecken sind nur ansatzweise vorhanden. Die Strasse wird ganz entspannt von allen benutzt. Neben Autos sehen wir Fussgaeng**, Radfahr** und Pf**dekutschen. Am Rand v**kaufen Leute Zwiebeln und Erdbe**en. Besond**s faszini**end ab** finden wir die Hund**tschaften an Anhalt**n, die auf Transport ...

... a room to save a few bucks. Maybe I'll have a partner to Trinidad tomorrow. I went for a walk before breakfast and was starting to panic when I couldn't find my casa. Just think of that one with everything in my room but my memory suddenly jolted back into gear to remember the street number calle 39. I was searching on the wrong side of the Prado whew!! Cienfuegos is a pretty town of about 125,000 with many restored buildings but not a whole lot to see. I biked ...

... the fridge, I'm relieved to find it full of Bucanero! It appears that Cubans lack many things, but rum and beer in cans adorned with pirates are not two of them. Katuska informs me that dinner will be served at 7:30 PM. Dinner of chicken, rice, fruit, salad, pineapple juice and coffee is served to me on a patio table under the twinkling stars of Trinidad, Cuba, outside the backdoor of her home. The food is good. As I eat, I am facing the open ...

... soldier in a green combat suit patrolling inside the perimeter fence. The fort itself was impressive and covers a large area, with outer moats and bastions, most protected by ancient (?) cannons. It was an interesting tour. The military area around the fort was smart and well kept, with most of the houses being behind fences. We retraced our steps back to the ferry, passing the public park where a woman in a small kiosk was charging people to go and view the Christ. For an anti ...

... big or small, sell usually: - food: fruit juices, sodas, alcohol, sausages (the plastic kind), biscuits, sweets, sometimes meat - toiletries: soap, deodorant, hair clearer (to get blonde) Then there are shops selling different things, depending onwhatthey got: umbrellas, household appliances, bathroom equipment, vinyls and cds, mechanical stuff (pistons), clothes, shoes, sports equipment, construction materials... But these things do clearly not come with a ...

... palco e como famoso Baquetas de ouro, Amadito Valdéz. Voltando ao nosso hotel, tivemos nosso primeiro contato com um jineteiro, ou cafetão: - Querem uns puros? Ele perguntou. - No, grácias, respondemos. - E unas Chicas? -No, grácias, mais uma vez! Subimos mais uma vez ao último andar e mais uma vez damos a chance de uma cerveja pro lugar. Não deu de novo, descemos pro quarto, comemos uma pizza e cama!

... taking pictures of the back seat. We're too distracted by the conversation with the driver to heed her; Cab drivers are some of the most interesting and candid Cubans you'll meet. It's such a pleasant contrast to our first drive where Jonathan screamed for almost the whole 40 minutes. At the airport, I manage to sweet-talk the Air Canada agent into letting us rebook on the Toronto-Victoria direct flight. Air Canada had rescheduled ...

... Mirta's 94 year old mother and her assistant eating at the dinner table. In the evening her statement became even more strange. First there was a man who went upstairs (bedrooms) with Maritza.... Than there was a 10-year-old boy who rushed into the living room on his bike and placed himself in front of TV. 30 minutes later a handsome young man arrived, carrying his bicycle on his shoulders. And when we came back from the show another young girl opened ...

Alright so with a twisted knee and blisters as big as a tazo on the back of my ankles I have safely returned from my 4 day hike in 3 days. But more of that later.... Back to Trinidad in Cuba...ah yes the live bands LIVE BAND - During our stay we saw about 7 live bands at numerous venus where they rotated from one to the other. Maybe because we saw so many that we were abit numbed by their music, as you would hear covers of popular songs done by different bands all the timne. One ...