We scaped from Havana to Viñales hoping to get a good weather but our plan were a big flaw. The weather there was much worst and the rain and the wind were so strong that we couldn´t even leave home.
Viñales is a little countryside town in the tobacco plantation region and it is also famous for its beautiful landscape, full of the unique mongotes, boulder-like hills, a little bit similar of what we have seen in north Vietnam and south China. But we didn’t see much of this natural beauty and with a horrible weather forecast for the next 3 days we decided to change our plans and left the next day early in the morning.

But this time we decided to follow the sun forecast and we went to Trinidad. A small, extremely charming and well preserved colonial town, Unesco heritage, and very different from what we had seen in the capital, with cobblestone streets and colorful houses with big wooden interiors and classic furniture. A town located in between the mountains and the blue ocean.

Once more we stayed in a private house with a very friendly couple. Joselin cooked delicious dinners for us that were served in the terrace with a view to the mountains and the sea.

Stroll through the little streets of the old center was just superb, with all the restaurants, galleries, cafes and museums and we even felt like our trip had a soundtrack with talented musicians everywhere in the streets, bars and restaurants bringing beautiful music to our ears.

We met again the French guy Etienne that we had met in Havana and we did together the trip to Valle de Los Ingenios, the sugar region, in an old wooden steam train, admiring the marvelous mountains on our way till we got to an old colonial mansion.

The next day we went by bicycle to the famous beach called Playa Ancon, strolling around 30 km under a killing sun! As a lot of people don’t have a car in Cuba it is common to see the locals going to the beach by horse, with a radio playing modern songs. A funny mix of country side and the city.

The schedule for the night was to watch the group performances in the famous Casa de la Música, always offering good music shows and a good opportunity to dance salsa, and of course Carol didn’t miss that.

One night, after Casa de la Música we went to the famous night club called La Cueva, settled inside a real cave full of stalagmites and stalactites. You dance with the sound of reaggetone and once in a while a drop from the stalagmite reaches your face. Ahahaha… The place was super cool and it was a lot of fun.