Caleta Buena and Cienfuegos

Wednesday morning we woke up and breakfasted at 10AM, getting energized for our car trip to Cienfuegos, Caleta Buena, and Playa Giròn. We got our gear together, packed the car, paid for the Hostal (30 CUC a night inclusive of breakfast, plus 5 CUC for the laundry service we requested), and were on our way…

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Playa Ancon and Fly Fishing

Yesterday, we had grand plans to potentially head out of Trinidad and Playa Ancon early and go to the Bay of Pigs the next morning, spending the night somewhere else along the way back to Havana. But, after breakfast at 10AM, we both decided that a “chill out” beach day would be better, and decided…

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Trinidad, Cuba

After the Marlin Marina, we decided to head in to Trinidad. We had already been slightly biased by those Italians the previous night who said that it was too touristic and not authentic. We tried to clear that from our heads and go in with an open mind, but on our drive in, and through…

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The Marlin Marina

We woke up and had a big desayuno (breakfast) before heading to La Boca, Playa Ancon, and the Marlin Marina. Again it was a delicious 2 course meal starting with fresh fruit – pineapple, passionfruit, mango, and watermelon, with passionfruit juice and coffee. The second course was eggs – I did an omelet with just the…

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Driving to Trinidad, Cuba

Our road trip adventure to Trinidad, Cuba began by getting horribly lost trying to get out of Havana. Despite the directions we got from Kenia, and the map, we kept making wrong turns trying to find the A-1 (La Autopista Nacional), and stopped to ask directions at nearly every turn. Finally, we got on the…

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Havana Take 1

In the morning, we showered and got ready to go to breakfast, and then onward to meet our friends and see more of Havana. We went upstairs to Casa Maura (the Castellòn family apparently owned a few Casa Particulares in the building) and took breakfast out on the balcony. Our friends were already waiting for…

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