Travelogues Cuba

It is raining heavily, it is not possible to take a walk through the city. We try to contact our car rental company and manage to replace the broken tire with a new one...

Around noon we reach the charming town of Sancti Spiritus. The city itself impresses with its colonial architecture. Almost all the houses here are colorful, making it a truly...

Those who read our last post know that Havana was almost a little culture shock for us country folks 😄 (too loud, too dirty, and too much going on). For this reason, we were...

DAY 9 SEA DAY Since the report for DAY 7 in La Romana was a quick shot due to the working internet at the port terminal, here are some additional pictures of the pool area at...

03/02/220 from Guantanamo to Baracoa Today, luck is on our side. We start in Guantanamo towards the beaches on a very well-built coastal road, sometimes taking a dip here and...

01/03/2020 Santiago de Cuba I slept poorly, what do we do if we can't get gasoline? The tank has another 300 km and we have another 500 km to go. There's no room for any extra...

There is not much to report about Rancho Luna. We spent 3.5 days there in a Casa Particular (private house that rents rooms), owned by an older lady who had 2 other women...

On May 28th, we took a shared taxi back to the capital. Normally, we would have liked to see more of the island in our 12 days, but that was not possible. We had practically no...

25.02.2020 Trinidad 2 In the morning we visit the Valley of the Sugar Mills and in the afternoon we relax on the beach, that's the plan. Just a few kilometers from Trinidad,...

After a flight time of 10.45 hours, we landed in Varadero at around 4.45 pm local time. The airport is approximately as close to the city as the International Airport...

DAY 12 AT SEA On time at 8 am for breakfast and then on Deck 18 alternating between sunbathing and whirlpool under a cloudless sky at nearly 30 degrees with a slight breeze! The...

TAG 7 SEETAG Ein herrliches Guten-Morgen-Frühstück im Aussenbereich des Weite-Welt-Restaurants, heute im Schatten nachdem die Sonne in Antigua zugeschlagen hat! Auf dem Balkon...

Camagüey

23.02.2020 Cienfuegos Before leaving the guesthouse, we take a walk along the beach, see raked sections of the beach, and the coconut palms standing on the beach. Here we should...

Snorkeling fulfilled a dream for me. I always wanted to see "the colorful fish". I didn't imagine this world of corals and fish to be so diverse! It was fantastic. There are...

04/03/2020 Baracoa 2 Today we want to visit the eastern end of Cuba, the Maisi lighthouse. A guide will accompany us. We start in a cocoa plantation, where everything is...

Church in Trinidad

February 18, 2020 We have arrived, after a long but calm flight across the Atlantic we are enjoying the cozy warmth that greets us on the gangway, walking across the tarmac and...

22/02/2020 Bay of Pigs Today we have a driving day, we move, 350 km in a southerly direction. After experiments with bad roads, we don't give up the highway, called Auto_Pista...

DAY 15 ARRIVAL AND SUMMARY After a 1 1/2 hour delay, the flight took off in Barbados! The return flight was unproblematic and our plane made up some time, so we arrived in...

February 19, 2020 Yesterday I was not in a good mood. Today I have adjusted my expectations to reality. Now I feel better. We will probably not write a blog and whenever...

Varadero is a special municipality in the province of Matanzas, Cuba, and is one of the largest resort areas in the Caribbean. It is located on the Hicacos Peninsula, about 120...

Cuba 2018