Blogs from Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 16

Geo: 22.6481, -79.0214Late breakfast followed by a walk down to the beach to lie under the umbrellas and read our books. Another tough day in paradise. Tim joined in with beach volley ball organised by the entertainment team. His team won but regrettably he pulled his achilles tendon which had just started to repair itself.The beach waiter collected our order for the first pina colada of the day- it would have been rude to have refused! Although I did turn down an on the beach foot massage. We stopped at the little hut on the beach for a quesidilla (we shared one chicken and one shredded beef) and lemon with crushed ice on our way back to the room.We fancied watching a film which Tim viewed whilst in the bath (shutters separating the bedroom from the ... read more

Geo: 22.6481, -79.0214Towels at dawn! Walking to breakfast we noticed all sunbeds were bagsied although there was nobody in sight. Breakfast was cheese omelette with hash browns and bacon. We fed ham to a stray ginger cat with a gammy eye before reading the sign requesting us not to feed the cats!We collected our swimming towels noting that no loungers had yet been occupied despite guest towels suggesting otherwise! Hence we headed for the beach where we found a sunbed under an umbrella and had the plan of staying there for a few hours. Waiters collected orders regularly for the beach bar; not something we're typically used to. At 13:30 we left the beach to have lunch at Sunset restaurant and made our way to reception to hand over our hire car. The driver would need ... read more

Geo: 21.8, -79.98A Lazy day in Trinidad town exploring. After breakfast we wandered into the main square, read our books and watched the world go by. We climbed the bell tower and visited the museum with exhibits dating back to the revolution, then on to the best coffee shop (according to Manuel) in Trinidad, Don Pepe's. later in the evening we went to La Botija, a really nice restaurant that used to be where slaves were kept in the 1800s. The walls were adorned with chains and other rather sinister equipment. The restaurant staff uniform was a slave outfit.... read more

Geo: 21.8, -79.98Breakfast at 8.30am. Freshly squeezed pineapple, coffee with hot milk. A plate of nicely presented fruit consisting of pineapple, grapefruit, guava, mango and papaya. All followed with toast, bread rolls and a cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs, cheese and sweet potato. We were stuffed!Just before we left we chatted with the people in the other rooms. They were Cubans who had escaped to the USA at the time of the revolution. They had brought their children who were visiting for the first time. It was pretty emotional for the mother. The father was still in the US. He couldn't bring himself to return.We set off for Trinidad. A much shorter journey then the day before. We detoured to El Nicho. A set of waterfalls in the mountains. It was an amazing drive through the ... read more

Geo: 23.1168, -82.3886No trips today so we decided to retrace the walking tour but going in some of the buildingsBreakfastWe decided to retrace our walk around the old town and look into the interesting places at a slower pace. We're quickly learning that although it looks quite run down it's a very safe city with really friendly people. Our first stop was Armament a Square where we went into the old fort. There was all sorts there including a big chest of pirates gold coins. Definitely worth a visit. We stopped in the square for a while to read our books.... until it started to rain.We found a good place to have a drink under cover in Cathedral square. Their coffee machine was broken so we had a Pina Colada and listened to the street music ... read more