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Reflections #1: Cuba
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We have really loved our time in Cuba. It has proved to be all that we had heard about and hoped for – yet it is complex and hard to sum up in a single sentence. As we travelled around, …
Day 24: Museums–Bonkers, Broken and Brilliant
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Thurs. 6th September 2012 One advantage of standing out as a tourist is that you can walk boldly into the posh Parque Central Hotel without being questioned. We are back in our favourite chairs on the first level of the …
Day 23: Not My Day?
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Wed. 5th September 2012 If I was asked to name my highpoint of our trip to date, I’d be spoilt for choice and would have to give it some thought. Even my short list is quite long – diving, turtle …
Day 22: Jeep Cherokee – I think not!
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Tue. 4th September 2012 Today we opted for a trip by Jeep to the National Park called Topes de Collantes. At the appointed hour we set off to find our Jeep, but the small print did say it may be …
Day 21: Valle De Los Ingenios
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Mon. 3rd September 2012 As we have found our feet in Cuba, we have become comfortable with independent travelling. We know which of the tour agencies (Cubanacan) to go to to book the ‘Connectando’ buses to travel between towns (these …
Day 20: Back to Trinidad
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Sun. 2nd September 2012 With (only!) 5 days left in Cuba it was time to decide how best to spend them. We had wanted to see Santiago de Cuba but it was previously agreed with Freddie our cycling guide the …
Day 19: Back From The Back Of Beyond
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Sat. 1st September 2012 Our transfer on Friday back to Havana from MLG was uneventful. As we didn’t leave until 2pm it meant that we could have a fairly lazy morning (we do need to make better use of transfer …
Day 18: Wildlife
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Fri. 31st August 2012 Whilst Dave was diving this morning, I went for a walk along the beach and was distracted by this bird wandering through the waves. After many pictures I finally snapped him with his lunch. Thank goodness …
Day 17: Diving El Encanto
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Thur. 30th August 2012 El Encanto is one of about 30 dive sites at Maria La Gorda and as we sat on the dive boat ready to go out, the dive master announced that this was our destination. This was …
Day 16: Fat Mary–Diving Not Singing
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Wed. 29th August 2012 It was an early start for our transfer to Maria La Gorda (MLG) – our choice was leaving at 7am, or not at all. Cuba is a bit like that. Fortunately, Maria seemed happy enough to …