Cuba part II - Touring Cuba

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December 31st 2016

Published: March 16th 2017

Touring Cuba When we were in Cuba we also wanted to visit several places outside Havana. It turned out that it was slightly more difficult to get around than we expected. Bus tickets were often sold out several days in advance and trains in Cuba are most of the times scarce, unreliable and slow. Therefore we often had to take so called collectivo when we went from one place to the next. Co... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Cueva del Indio

Cueva del Indio in Viñales is a cave open to the public

Viñales Valley

View over Viñales Valley, which is listed on the World heritage list by the way

Playa Larga

Tank on display in Playa Larga. Probably as a reminder of the Bay of Pigs invasion in the 1960-ies

Bay of Pigs invasion museum

Bay of Pigs invasion museum in Playa Giron

Zapata Swamp

Outside Playa Larga there is a large wetland and bird sanctuary called the Zapata Swamp.

Zapata Swamp

Bird watching is not something we normally do

Zapata Swamp

One of the birds in Zapata Swamp is the Flamingo

Zapata Swamp

Flamingos and pelicans

Zapata Swamp

Backlit flamingos

Zapata Swamp

You don’t have to be a bird watcher to enjoy seeing flamingos

Zapata Swamp

Look how well synchronised the black birds are when they flap their wings

Zapata Swamp

Birds posing for us

Zapata Swamp

Morning dew in a spider web

Zapata Swamp

We enjoy nature scenery and that was the main reason why we took a tour into Zapata Swamp

Really old bakery?

This sign we saw outside a bakery in Santa Clara. A dinosaur with a baker's hat!?! We thought it was funny. If you thought so too we succeeded because we put it here after all other photos to the joy for all of you who made it to the end

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Pretty. Love the colors!

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Great idea!

17th March 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks for the comments
Yes, it is a bit funny, isn't it. Thank you for the nice comments. It feels good to know that the blogs we write are appreciated, /Ake

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Nicely framed too!!

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Fantastic!

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

OH my, I'd much rather come here than to Varadero LOL

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Love the multicolors!

16th March 2017

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Great album!!

18th March 2017

cabochick
Andrea

I'm sorry that you struggled to get around, I didn't find it that difficult but I was there many years ago. Perhaps things have changed drastically. Good advice though! Cuba just doesn't run like the rest of the world.

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