Category: Travel Journal
Travel Journal entries for each day
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Today we had our last trip with our guide and the driver from Trinidad. They have both been a lot of fun and we’ve really enjoyed their laid back style. The road to Santa Clara we took was up through the mountains, which is very scenic, but the road itself was in poor repair, so…
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Cienfuegos was our next city to explore. We had the same guide and taxi driver, both of whom we’ve got to know quite well. They are definitely a ‘double act’ and seem to enjoy working together. Cienfuegos is a city of about 220,000 people that was originally settled by the French that had been displaced…
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With a 9 am start this morning, the extra hour of sleep was most welcome. Today we went on a shorter tour of some of the Sugar plantations and mills. In the 1800s there were as many as 58 of these mills in the valley near Trinidad. Many were destroyed during the War of Independence…
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Our plan today was to make the journey to Trinidad de Cuba which turned out to be a four hour taxi ride from Havana. The first 2.5 hours is on a 6 lane motorway, that seems to carry little traffic. The driver weaved his way along it avoiding potholes and areas of disrepair. Cuba’s wet…
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Today was another early start as we embarked on a group tour to the Vinales Valley, which is well known for it’s sugar and tobacco production . As we waited for the bus to arrive we met a couple from Northern Ireland who were on the same trip. Coincidentally their daughter had lived in both…
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It was a bit of a confusing start to the day today. We knew we wanted to get up at 7 am, but as we went to bed last night we realised that we’d skipped ahead 2 hours as part of our travels. Neither of us was 100% convinced as our phones don’t work here…
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Where I left yesterday was where we were planning to get some hours of sleep in real beds after a long day of travelling and sleeping in aeroplanes as the mood arose. Our hotel room had two beds which were clearly designed for little Mexicans to share and as it turned out both of us…
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Finally, holidays have rolled around again. With a busy football season for me and a successful art exhibition behind both of us, we are off to Cuba and Costa Rica, with a few days in Mexico to break the two touring parts of the trip. We’ll be starting the main part of the trip in…
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With only a flight home tomorrow left on this holiday, we thought we’d check out a bit of the shopping that is often referred to as a reason to come to Hong Kong. We needed to get across the harbour to Kowloon so decided to take the traditional Star Ferry. These iconic ferries have been…
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Acting on a recommendation from our tour guide, we decided to give the hotel breakfast a miss this morning, opting instead for a traditional Dim Sum place. Dim Sum translates as ‘touch the heart’ and consists of small pre-cooked dishes that are traditionally served in the morning. The venue for this morning’s breakfast has been…