Colonial Town, and more Caribbean beaches!
Trip Start
Dec 06, 2005
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Trip End
Jun 17, 2006
Trinidad, Cuba
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Nice town with heaps of cigar hustlers, so, against advice from the lonely planet, we decided to buy a box off a random guy. He said he worked at a local factory, and we smelt them, saw that they were of constant colour, felt them, and to the best of our very limited cigar knowledge, they appeared genuine. So we bought a box of Montecristo cigars for US$35. Normally costs around $200 or $300, so it was a bargain and even if theyīre all made from banana leaves, we havenīt lost that much!!
Heaps to do around Trinidad, we checked out the Valle de Los Ingenios (valley of the sugar mills), the local Caribbean beaches, a discotheque in a cave with plenty of dodgy locals, went for a mammoth butt-pain-inducing bike ride. Also watched son/bolero and salsa bands, drank mojitos and daiquiris, watched cuba lose the baseball final to Japan, went to some waterfalls amongst good old gum trees, and hung out with some nice Swiss girls. In over 3 months of travelling, iīve pretty much met people from every european country except the ones I plan on visiting (this trip)! Quite ironic huh.
