The Wandering Chocoholic

Hi from Havana. I’ve come full circle back to the capital. It’s my last day in Cuba today, and I spent it seeing as much as I could before heading home. Bay of Pigs invasion I’d meant to take the…

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I woke up today feeling the full force of my cold. Sore throat, runny nose, the works. So, even though I had another day in quiet Cienfuegos, I didn’t really mind. Cigar factory tour After an early breakfast, I went…

Hello from Cienfuegos, the French colonial city known as La Perla del Sur, or “Pearl of the South”. I arrived here this morning after a short two-hour bus ride from Trinidad. The two cities aren’t far from one another, but…

Hi again from Trinidad! I really, really love it here, despite the heat. The city is teeming with life and has so much music in its soul. It’s hard not to fall in love with the place. Trinidad also celebrated…

Monday morning in Cuba I woke up after too few hours of sleep to the sound of loud thumping dance music playing in the street. Just like Monday morning at home, then. Hah. Some strong coffee at breakfast sorted me…

Merry Christmas from Santa Clara, birthplace of the Cuban Revolution. This is one of the only majority Christian countries in the world, I’d guess, where Christmas isn’t really celebrated. From what I understand, up until a few years ago, Christmas…

Greetings from Havana! I’m writing this offline since there’s virtually no internet here in Cuba. All of these entries will get posted from home after the trip. At the moment, it’s Christmas Eve, though you’d hardly know it. And it’s…