Before heading up to the bar the previous evening, Jon had spotted a guy waiting outside with his classic car. He sorted out a price and the guy agreed to be there for us at 9am that morning. Sure enough, we looked out at 8am and the guy was already there ready and waiting. For 20 CUC he would take us around for just over an hour. We left the itinerary to him, which was a good move. The roof down, sun shining, shades on - we cruised along to the residential...

Knowing that the journey was challenging and that the road would be "ugly" we set off Exodus-style at 8.15 and for the first 20 km things were OK. Just the usual potholes to swerve around, which given the lack of other vehicles on the road was no real problems. Then things went rapidly downhill, firstly onto unmade roads where they had decided finishing with tarmac was really not essential, then rather scarily tracks that disappeared around the headland (at on...