Month: November 2015
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Biking along the Cuban motorways
After some thought I decided to get back to Havana along the Cuban motorway system it was about 6 miles further in distance but offers a much better ride. I left Matanza on a very long slow climb but at least with motorway gradients you can always bike up, the road was pretty well deserted…
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A day with a poor start can have a good ending..
Early Sat 28th November After our breakfasts I departed leaving the Dutch couple to enjoy there free day going around the nature reserves whilst I set of to find the museum and Playa Larga. The museum door was open but alas it was closed and wouldn’t open for another 20 minutes or so (Lonely Planet…
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1000 miles biking in Cuba
Very early Thursday 26th With yesterdays 100 mile epic ride from Trinidad to Playa Giron I now have over 1,000 miles on the clock 🙂 OK, the conditions were favourable with temperatures in the 20’s and a good wind most of the day, smooth empty roads, and with the nearly 3000 ft of climbing mainly…
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Over halfway in my Cuba biking trip
I’m now over halfway in time and folding my paper map (Michelin 786) into two exactly in the centre of the island 🙂 although I don’t intend doing another circular tour like along the South Coast so should be quicker to the top of the island. Although I want to stop a couple of days…
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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…