After a few long drives we were unsure
whether we wanted to make the trip to Trinidad
but many people/books had told us how beautiful the city is so we had an early
start. We had another adventurous drive
through some beautiful countryside but this time we were more prepared and had
cushions for the back seats!
Again we passed through Cardenas which is only around 15km from
Varadero.
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| Streets of Cardenas |
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| Cardenas - some beautif buildings but now faiiling into disreppair |
Trinidad is a UNESCO site, the city was established by the Spanish in the 1500's .The exterior of the buildings is much better
maintained than many of the places you pass along the way. The main square is particularly nice and
there are lots of little shops and restaurants off the cobbled side streets.
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| Plaza in Trinidad |
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| Plaza in Trinidad |
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| Mark, Barry and Moira in Trinidad |
As with most places in Cuba as we sat
having a coffee some musicians played in the background although these were
rather lively and as you could not longer have a conversation we didn’t stay
long.
Trinidad is small enough that you can have a leisurely walk around even with
the limited time we had available, we even managed a nice and cheap lunch in
the Wakey Shakey Paladar, food was good, simple and she even gave us a free
cigar
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| Amanda, Barry & Moira in Trinidad |
It was another bumpy ride head back to
Varadero in the Geeley – not a make of
car we would recommend but we had great views and interesting sights, the
cowboys at the side of the road all gave us a wave and luckily we stopped at
the railway crossing with no signals as a huge train was passing through and
stopped on the crossing to let off the passengers.
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| Friendly cowboy |
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| Train stopping across the main road |
