We read about Niquero in a free guide book we found on line. A couple stopped here, and despite officials originally telling them they could not come ashore, they had a wonderful visit and dinner at a restaurant. We could not resist trying our luck. Niquero is only 10nm north […]
Monthly archives: March 2015
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Cabo Cruz was a great place for the humans to go snorkelling, but rubbish for dogs as I was not supposed to go ashore here. The reef protected bay is very shallow, so you do no get really close to town, so it is not easy to sneak ashore either. […]
We said goodbye to our lovely sandy beach at Cayo Blanco and headed off west down the south coast of Cuba to the fishing village of Cabo Cruz. The coast line here is sheer cliffs with incredibly deep water. We dragged along fishing lures, but caught nothing more than weed. […]
We said good bye to the lovely and generous people towns people of Marea del Portello and headed off to a tourist destination, Cayo Blanco. This is a small Cay in the Bay of Pilon that regularily plays host to visitors from the many surrounding hotels. Our guide book promised […]
Some times my humans are completely useless. How many years of sailing now and they still make stupid decisions. So what did they do? They broke their rule of never arriving at a new port in the dark. We were anchored up at the Marina at Santiago de Cuba and […]
We did a taxi share with another couple into the city to stock up on fresh fruit and vegetables. Our driver and car for the day cost 15 CUC ($15) between the four of us. He took us to two different out door markets, the hospital (for our companions), a […]