Today was going to be a bit of a waste. We were leaving Trinidad and would drive 7 hours to Vinales. For some reason our tour has a number 8 route instead of a circle route. Today would be mostly spent on the bus.We had our morning breakfast and were glad to be leaving this Casa which just a vacant house and not a 'homestay' we were promised on this trip. We each had our issues with this house and were expecting something nicer in Vinales as payback.1130am we sto...

Returning back to Trinidad about 2pm we had freetime till 5pm. I went back into the Old Town to check out the handcraft market.In the main square I climbed the steps to the Casa de la Musica thinking it some kind of museum but it was just a restaurant. The Archaeology Museum was closed and the Romance Museum is closed for one year renovations so I never found out what it was.I made my way to the Museo Historico. Entrance was $2P + $5P for camera. What! I gave $5P...

Tonite was the first of two nites in our creepy Casa. My room only had one light in the ceiling and no bedside lamp. In strange places I try to keep a small light on as I've had experiences with mice in China, roaches in The Philippines, or lizards in Malaysia and Indonesia. I tried to sleep with the light on and cover my face but I couldnt sleep.If I turned the light off the room was pitch black and I dont know what comes out in the dark. I opened the shutters a...

Leaving Cienfeugos we now drove to Santa Clara in the midday heat. Santa Clara is the site of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara's mausoleum.As we arrived the heat was quite strong and we tried to get inside quickly. I'd been to the tomb of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi and seen the tomb of Lenin on tv so was expecting to see an embalmed body.There was a dimly lit room with some names written on different squares on a wooden wall. As we came out I asked where was the tomb? T...

Leaving the Bay of Pigs Museum our group continued on to Cienfuegos where we were supposed to have a city tour and visit to the Palacio de Valle. We were well behind schedule and doubtful if we would do either as it would soon be dark and we hadnt even arrived.As part of our welcome we were each given rum shots in souvenir Cuba glasses. As we made our way into Cienfuegos the sun was beginning to set as we admired the architecture and some of the grand homes.We ma...