Travel Adventure - Backpacking Latin America's Gringo Trail Backpacking Latin America starting in Cuba, then travelling from East to the west coast of Mexico before making our through Central and finishing in South America.

Touring the tobacco farms of Vinales and 'the taxi ride from hell' to Trinidad

CUBA | Friday, 19 Jun 2015 | Views [558]

Vinales The man was holding up a piece of paper with our names Sheree, Matthew James, Australia written on it when we pulled up to the bus stop. We walked along the neighbourhood to the house where Kary welcomed us. We were now used ... Read more >

Tags: casa, cigars, countryside, cuba, farms, fruit, taxis, tobacco, trinidad, vinales

Mojitos and cigars in Havana

CUBA | Friday, 19 Jun 2015 | Views [613]

We passed through grey clouds as we descended in to Havana and it was raining as we arrived. This wasn't a surprise as it is now their wet season which is very humid and rains/storms in the afternoon. We had not booked accommodation for Havana but were ... Read more >

Tags: buildings, cars, castro, che, cigars, cuba, havana, malecon, mojitos, music