After the trip to Cayo Coco we pitched camp for three nights in Caibarién, a cosy corner between beautiful beaches and pleasant little towns such as Remedios. On the first day we drove out to the offshore islands, to the beaches of Cayo Las Brujas and Cayo Santa María.
Turquoise water, lots of seaweed
The colour of the water was amazing. Sadly, here too, as on Cayo Coco the day before, lots of seaweed on the beach spoiled things. From Caibarién a 48-kilometre causeway with bridges, built between 1989 and 1999, leads out to the cays; Cayo Santa María and its neighbouring islands belong, like Cayo Coco, to the Jardines del Rey.
Classic cars on the long causeway out to Cayo Santa María.Tall columnar cacti in the shade between trees.Fan palms and crooked branches in the scrub.Thick pale cactus stems in the dense green.A columnar cactus against a deep blue sky.Cactus in the dry scrub and a spiky leaf.White sand, scrub and a hut on stilts.A sandy path through low scrub.Seaweed on the white sand, turquoise water behind.A pelican against a deep blue sky.Dry palm fronds close to the trunk.Scrub and a hut on the beach, seaweed along the tideline.The colour of the water was incredible.Two men by the water, seaweed on the beach in front.Fields of cloud above the dark blue sea.A winged V on a green bonnet.An evening sky in blue and pink above a calm sea.A golden evening sky above a palm forest.A palm and a small hut against the light.
