КубаFortaleza de La Cabaña23°8’50” N 82°21’1” W
8 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
We had a bit of free time to explore in the late afternoon, and dinner was on our own. We dined in an upstairs apartment whose main room had been converted to a small eatery. I had another lobster forЧитать далее
КубаMorro Castle23°9’2” N 82°21’24” W
9 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
In the morning, we visited a few additional sites in Havana before hitting the highway west to Vinales. Our first stop was El Morro Fort - a smaller fort adjacent to the one we visited last night. WeЧитать далее
КубаPunta Brava23°8’37” N 82°22’51” W
9 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
The next stop was the Hotel Nacional, which was built in the 1950s by Americans. The hotel was grand and the highlight was a walk of fame with photographs of past visitors.
En route to our next stop,Читать далее
КубаPlaya de Jaimanitas23°5’24” N 82°28’60” W
9 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Our final stop in Havana before heading out to Vinales was a place called Fusterland. A local artist named Fuster installed art around his neighborhood. He was inspired by Gaudi, so many of hisЧитать далее
КубаLas Terrazas22°50’43” N 82°56’36” W
9 октября 2017 г., Куба
We headed west on the main highway after our morning tour of Havana. We had two stops en route to Vinales. The first was lunch at a family run place near the 16km marker on the highway. It was a cuteЧитать далее
КубаViñales22°36’56” N 83°42’35” W
9 октября 2017 г., Куба
During the drive to Communa Terrazza, Tony introduced the concept of "workers on their own account". While the state is the dominant player in the Cuban economy, many people work in other jobs on theЧитать далее
КубаViñales22°36’42” N 83°41’58” W
10 октября 2017 г., Куба
Our half day program the next morning had us visiting two viewpoints, a tobacco farm, and a mural. The two viewpoints were from large state-owned hotels. Both the hotels were empty of guests. This wasЧитать далее
КубаVinales Valley22°37’19” N 83°44’37” W
10 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
After the hotels, we went to a tobacco farm, where we were shown how tobacco is processed and then turned into cigars. The farm sells most of its crop to the state, but is allowed to keep some forЧитать далее
КубаVinales Valley22°37’16” N 83°44’40” W
10 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Our final stop of the day was something labeled as a prehistoric mural. In reality, it was painted onto the side of a limestone cliff in 1961 and it was a colorful mural made to look like an old caveЧитать далее
КубаViñales22°36’60” N 83°42’32” W
10 октября 2017 г., Куба ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We returned to Vinales for lunch at a Mediterranean restaurant with homemade goat cheese as its speciality, and then we had the afternoon off.
After lunch, we all headed into the town square, whereЧитать далее
