Cuba
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First 1000km biking in Cuba
I’ve today completed the South coast loop of Cuba traveling the full length of the South coast in an anti-clockwise direction starting and ending in Holguin. It’s taken 11 days of riding plus 1 rest day to do the very hilly nearly 1000km. I had overnight stays in:- Bayamo (From Haiguin), Manzanillo, Marea delPortillo, Uvero, Playa?,…
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Hills and yet more hills
I set of before 5am in the pitch black, thank goodness I had rigged up the super bright LED lamps. My stomach was feeling ver queasy and I soon found myself doing emergency stops every few miles 🙁 was it a bug in the infirmary or was it the food? Imias was holding a full scale…
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A Night in the infirmary
Guantanamo is a pleasant enough working city, I loved the city centre shop stocked with washing machines like some warehouse, only one model though! I left after a poor nights sleep proving that price doesn’t always equate with comfort. I biked past the loco sheds, apparently the Cuban rail network is currently down, so it…
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First week biking in Cuba
Today marks the end of my first week biking in Cuba with over 360 miles biked and according to my InReach 320 tracking points sent which means I have been travelling for just over 53 hours. The InReach seems to be working well with Sally, Nick, Obliquepanic and The TruffleHound all giving favorable comments about…
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Outline of bike tour in Cuba
Geoff’s Cuba trip 5th November to 7th December Total 1782.08 Day Date Place Distance (Miles) km Night Price Thursday 5. Nov. 2015 Havana 0 Aeroporte Hostal Friday 6. Nov. 2015 Havana 43.3 69.28 Aeroporte Hostal $85.00 Saturday 7. Nov. 2015 Bayamo (From Haiguin) 39.4 63.04 Hotel Royalton $47.00 Sunday 8. Nov. 2015 Manzanillo 42.6 68.16…
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First four days biking in Cuba
Well I was already to start doing a comprehensive review of my first 4 days in Cuba. However, I discovered the free Cuba Libra at my all inclusive $38 per night resort hotel (well Cuban Convertible Pesos’s which are pegged to the US dollar’s except if you want to buy them with US dollars you…
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Next stop Cuba
It’s time for another bike tour :-). With Cuba and the USA making up I thought it would be good to visit Cuba before major changes start taking place. I’m intending to cycle end to end, about 1,000 miles. Flying into Havana then hopefully, flying/busing/training down to Santiago de Cuba . This should allow the trade winds…