Category: Cuba

So I was excited to get back to Havana after 10 days of getting used to the Cuban way of life. My hosts in Cienfuegos booked a hostal in Havana for me along with a taxi collectivo to get me there. This time I got a “regular” car, and old beat up Peugeot 205. The…

On the 12th I took a taxi from Trinidad to Cienfuegos. He recommended that we’d take a trip through the mountains and “El Nicho” a beautiful waterfall in the mountains. In a 20 year old daewoo we went trough the mountains, on terrible roads. My driver showed me different plantations along the way, the radio…

On the 9th I took the taxi collectivo from Viñales to Trinidad. And old 1950s truck pulls up, we drive around Viñales to pickup people for more than an hour (Cuban efficiency). Finally leaving Viñales with 14 people in the truck, we drive for 4 hours with no suspension at all on the lovely and…

On the 6th at noon I took a taxi collectivo from my hostal in Havana with two Austrians and the German I traveled with the first day. The ride was 2-3 hours long, and was 20 CUC pr person. We traveled in an old Peugeot which smelled terribly of petrol. Along the Cuban highway out…

Havana… where to begin?! As soon as I landed I was approached by two German girls, after some debate we came to some agreement with a cab driver who then took us to Havana. We checked in at our casa and went for a beer down the street. At this point my inner clock had…