Taino Beach

... we take them out and savor some of the goodness of the island they we live in. For this day, we had late lunch at a Chinese restaurant at the International Bazaar and later in the evening, we went to Taino Beach before I went to work for the night shift. ...

... AD at Caguana, the Taínos built an impressive series of ball courts. The Caguana Ceremonial Park is considered the best example of Taino engineering in the West Indies.  It is a beautiful park like setting, we walk down and go into the little museum ...

... , which comes in handy if a hurricane has stripped away all of the leaves. The sap is also good for repairing leaks in vessels. The Taino, who were the inhabitants at the time of the arrival of the Europeans, would smear the sap on a branch as a trap for ...

... beach is actually artificial and that they made it for the guests and residents of Casa de Campo.  After hitting the beach, we continued onto the Portofino Marina.  Gail said that seeing this amazing marina made her skeptical of the validity of ...

... ,000 stereo systems to the beach with them. Man were they loud. Burst your eardrums loud. Well, that was our experience of the beach. Awesome! When we weren´t seeing the sights of the city we just relaxed back at the hostel reading, talking or for me ...

... :( So instead of snorkeling I headed a bit north to Antonio's Beach / Sandy Beach. Not too many people there. Walked along the beach and took a few pictures then settled down to lay in the sun. After a couple hours I packed up then went into town ...

... --stalagmites, stalactites, columns and huge open rooms. And to top it off, there were also cave paintings from the indigenous Taino people. Very cool! Another day was spent on an excursion to Saona Island, part of the national park close to Bayahibe. ...

... the numerous sea turtles there.  It was later changed to Cayman Islands by Sir Francis Drake in 1586 after the Neo-Taino nations term (caiman) for alligator. The mere mention of Cayman Islands, conjured up the image of dirty money laundering and ...

... ; I walked about two miles down the beach and while there were homes and hotels along the way, the beach was completely empty.  We encountered The Taino Divers dive shop in town, which offered diving and snorkeling.  As we had not yet been scuba ...

... Cruz de la Palla in the sands of what would later become Baracoa harbor. On the main square there is the statue of Hatuey, a Taino Indian who fled from the Spanish and raised an army to fight against them in Cuba. Captured and sentenced to burn at the ...