I am pretty certain that the title gave it all away as to where in the world the latest node on the itinerary had taken me - Cuba, the Caribbean's largest island! A last-minute flight and hotel booking, followed by a couple of extras thrown into the mix, namely the bus transfers to get me from A to B to C to D, and the first port of call, Santa Clara, was roughly a 4-hour coach journey which began right outside Varadero airport, and almost miraculously, arrived within 5 minutes of the expected departure time. For those in the know, Santa Clara is synonymous with Ernesto Che Guevara, the well-known Cuban revolutionary who has been much trumpeted by those who deemed him cool enough to be utterly iconic. Well, due to a few complications which had
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