The road has been built out into the ocean to allow access to a variety of cays and islands which make up the Jardines De los Reyes (Garden of Kings). Certainly the beach is magnificent. Powder white sand, translucent turquoise…
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…
IMPACT2: Paris conference on impact investing.
We are here for IMPACT2, which is the first conference on impact finance and impact investing in France. SOCAP in San Francisco (August 2011) yielded one of our key investors — Groupe SOS, based in Paris. Led by a charismatic…
Off to Rotterdam, Netherlands for business
After some intense “play” and down time in Amsterdam, a lot of walking, movies and consumption of Amsterdam specialties, we take the train to Rotterdam, our next stop. In Rotterdam we have two…