Visiting Cuba is often described as a step back in time, but no matter how many pictures you have seen, it is still incredible to arrive there and see the old-timers cruising the streets and farmers working the fields with a plough and Oxen. During a three week trip
I toured around the most of the island, visiting Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Vinales, Remedios, Trinidad, Cienfuegos and Camaguey. Highlights of our trip were visiting the pre-revolution hideout of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the Sierra Maestra mountains, seeing the difference the UNESCO restoration work is making in Trinidad, having salsa lessons (and watching a fantastic display of their dancing) from our hotel staff in Remedios and cooling down afterwards with the best Mojitos we have tasted anywhere in the world.
Great music, friendly people, beautiful scenery and the opportunity to see a different way of life make Cuba an amazing place to visit - eat in a Paladare, a family-run “restaurant” where you might sit in the families living room or garden, and once it gets dark, check out the night sky - there aren’t so many places on earth where you will see the stars so clearly.
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