Highs and Lows of Topes De Collantes Bang on schedule, yet again it was 8am to get our bags onto coach.This time however, we were also boarding the bus rather than cycling.When we saw the roads we were going along, even the fit guys in the group were relieved that the first 20 km were on the coach.Up into the Escambray hills, at times the steep gradients even challenged the coach.The plus side to this slow progress upwards was the stunning views down to the coas...

Long boat ride to nowhere Today we had the choice of whether to go on a bike ride up to a sugar mill (a 50 km round trip), or to go out for a boat trip to a deserted island.About half the group decided on the cycle expedition, which was apparently quite fun and could have been arranged to coincide with a return to Trinidad on a steam train, cutting the saddle time down to a less bum-numbing 25km.The remainder of our group, us included, chose the catamaran & ...

The pattern is set and by 8am we lug our bags back onto the coach.Our cycle ride again sets off from the hotel, right at the T junction with the Indian statue and along the coastal road, where glittering waters sparkle in the sunlight, tantilisingly inviting us, cool and refreshing.We studiously ignore the temptation and cycle through small villages until we regroup at the first of 3 bridges (around the 15 km point), that skirt the coastline along the way to Trin...