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 […]
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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 […]
To ‘pass’ from your boat to main land Cuba, and back again, you must use designated Marinas as access points. The only Marina in Santiago de Cuba’s harbour is 10 km south of the city. This does put you near the harbour entrance where the water is cleaner, the area […]
We are sooooooo loving Cuba!I was so worried I would be disappointed with Cuba after hearing other cruisers ‘moan’ about being ripped off and hassled when they visited Cuba’s north coast. They are soooo missing the best of Cuba.So glad we fought 3 long hard days to get around to […]
We have had a wonderful time in the isolated Jumento Cays, but the cupboards are getting empty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Also we are missing having an internet connection. We are lucky enough to have a SSB (single side band) radio and a pactor modeum to receive basic messages […]