Trinidad time

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We hitched a ride in Les and Yaremis' tiny little Hyundai to Trinidad, where we enjoyed son and salsa music every night. There are lots of foreigners here, mostly European, so it felt like a backpacker sort of a place, and we had a lot of fun with new friends.

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Photos

Baseball in the streets
Sticks and bottlecaps seem to be the main equipment.

Peso pizza
This is the main snack for the locals. The equivalent of 25 cents per pizza is still expensive for the average non-CUC earning Cuban.

Store
Most peso stores look like this from the outside. This one at least has some writing outside indicating what it is. Many stores have no signs and people just know where to find them.

Tourists - do we look like this?
Trinidad is a world heritage city that is famous enough for buses to haul in tourists from Cuban resort destinations.

Suppertime
This was one of our nicer evening meals at a casa particular. Lobster is illegal to serve outside the resorts, but Cubans are always breaking the rules in order to earn a living.

Looking down to Trinidad
from the overlook on the road to Santa Clara.

Che Guevara's bulldozer
Che and his revolutionaries derailed and captured a train loaded with arms at Santa Clara to seal their victory.

Slave tower of Manaca Iznaga
Used to keep an eye on the slaves working the surrounding fields.

Daycare sleep time
Free of course, as is education and health. Unfortunately the ration cards for subsidized food last less than a week out of a month, so Cubans have little spare change.

Hybrid car
As seen so often, cars are created with what is available. This looks like an old Renault with Hyundai tail lights. The yellow plate means it is privately owned.