The Cupola

100 Fires in Cienfuegos

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March 2nd 2016
Ola, We left Havana early in the morning and took a bus towards the city of Cienfuegos. En route, we went past some beautiful scenery, including the Bahia de los Cochinos, or Bay of Pigs in English, which was the site of a failed invasion by the United States in 1961. Cienfuegos, with its core of gorgeous French colonial buildings, was instantly enjoyable and much more relaxed than Hava ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Cienfuegos

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more