Reiseblog Kuba

After visiting the abandoned nuclear power plant near Cienfuegos, we set out on a long day trip westwards to the Bay of Pigs—an adventure, wild and steeped in history, where decades ago an international coup attempt against Fidel Castro was ...

After Cienfuegos, the longest car ride awaited us—about 500 km to the famous Viñales Valley—a stretch, wild and demanding. It was a shame that Fidel’s coffin arrived in Cienfuegos that day and we could have seen it in the late ...

The limestone formations of Viñales Valley are something special in the early or late hours – when the light of sunrise or sunset bathes them and mist drifts through the valley, wild and magical. The first sunrise wasn’t as spectacular ...

The next morning, I was back in the fields of Viñales for sunrise – a start, wild and hopeful, with a bit more luck than the day before, a contrast between effort and success. After breakfast, we visited a small local tobacco farm with our ...

After three weeks on the road and over 3,200 km on pothole-riddled roads from east to west, we returned relieved to Havana – only a flat tire disturbed the journey, an adventure, wild and rugged. What do you write at the end of a travel blog after ...