We survived the prairies of Cuba! You may notice that we're not posting quite as many pictures this time as the last few times. We have a good excuse: for the last 4 days, we've been riding across the open plains of sugar cane and livestock fields that cover Cuba's low-lying centre. We wanted to ride the island end to end and knew that it might mean a few long days of flats. But, I'd read that the predominant trade winds would help speed us along our way and that it would be easy to cover the large distances between provincial capitals where we could enjoy some city life in the evenings. Wrong! The winds blew almost every which way...which means every which way except at our backs. The strong side winds did little to help us along and we earned every wheel rotation on our 100+ km days. The cities were pleasant nightly rewards where we enjoyed comfortable casas, more rice and pork, nightly ice cream shop visits, and walks around the central plazas.
Today, on the ride between Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad, our spirits soared to be back in the mountains. Believe it or not, hilly roads are much easier on the body than long flats, and infinitely easier mentally. We're so happy to be back in beautiful!
Tomorrow, we'll take a day to explore the historical city of Trinidad; its cobbled streets and colonial mansions, all relics of the sugar boom over the last centuries. We'll also hit the beach in the afternoon to work on browing up our fishbellies and hopefully do some snorkelling :)
Christine
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Have fun. Hope you enjoyed Trinidad!
Hold onto your hats..... oh wait! You have helmets and they're strapped to your heads so the wind at least won't blow them off!
Take care. Travel safe.
Alvina :) & James in Tappen
What did I tell you! Little brothers do know all!
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