Before we left for Cuba, Peta was trying to score some greens. Let’s explain: Our prior experience was that Cubanos are carnivores. Intellectually, we know that is not true, because we have read about Cuba’s pro-active policy to create food…
Making someone’s day ~ Cuba
I remembered from our trip last year that people on the street (Trinidad in particular) came up to us asking for things like soap, pens and clothes. This time I took bars of soap especially to give to people when…
If we ever live in Cuba, it will be in Remedios…
We end our trip in what turns out to be our favorite city in Cuba – Remedios. Remedios is near the coast and looks like what we imagine Granada Nicaragua to have been like 20 years ago. As we write…
Bird-watching and Coral Reefs ~ Cuba.
For us, one of the key attraction of the Santa Lucia region is the abundance of bird life. After tossing and turning all night in the worst accommodation of our trip, we are up before the sun and start to hike towards…
Cuba: Breaking the Rules ~ Transportation with the locals ~ Santa Lucia
While Camaguey is a beautiful city, we intend to spend time in nature during our vacation. The potential destinations from Camaguey are plentiful, but the logistical solutions are not. Within a couple of hours of Camaguey lies an archipelago of…
Casas Particulares ~ the ONLY way to go in Cuba ~ Holguin, Gibara and Camaguey
When we get off the bus in Holguin from La Habana, a young man with a sign “Benjamin”, awaits us, and takes us to his cousin’s “casa particular”. We usually try to organize accommodation for just the first night of a trip,…
Green Global Trek ~ Cuba Revisited ~ On the Cheap ~ The Nicaragua Factor
. We’re back in Cuba! Last year was our first time in Cuba, a location we selected because of its proximity to Nicaragua, wanting to visit before the US embargo is finally lifted, with the prospect of hordes of American…
Lois and Steve visit us in Nicaragua
At “Los Patios” (Danish) hotel on our street. Convento San Francisco, around the corner from our house Waiting for the ferry to cross Lake Cocibolca to Ometepe Island. Visiting with Martjin and Hendrix at Totoco Eco Lodge, a role model…