We stayed in one of these family run B&Bs in Trinidad for $20 per night including breakfast. The landlady offered us dinner for $8 each, which was a superb three course meal served in a small enclosed patio at the back of the house. The food was much better than most of the hotel meals that we had eaten in Havana (grilled lobster) and the setting was quiet and beautifully decorated.
Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the place, but it was recommended by Julio at Casa Munoz, which was full.
By the way, Julio was very helpful when we were robbed by a hitchhiker who we picked up when we got lost just outside Havana, accompanying us to the police station, and translating for u
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Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the place, but it was recommended by Julio at Casa Munoz, which was full.
By the way, Julio was very helpful when we were robbed by a hitchhiker who we picked up when we got lost just outside Havana, accompanying us to the police station, and translating for us.
The Autopista to Trinidad was a bugger to find, and this young guy came across to us at a set of traffic light, and offered to help. He said he lived on the way to Trinidad, and would show us how to get to the Autopista if we gave him a lift. After picking up loads of hitchers, I didn't think twice, but should have when he told us to do a U-Turn.
(Vague alarm bells did go off in my head at this juncture, but I thought I was being paranoid, since Cuba is such a safe country. Having been to many other much, much more dangerous places in the past, I brushed it aside).
He did take us to the Autopista, and asked to be dropped off outside a house. Then he asked for $4 for his services, which I thought was a bit of a cheek. I gave him $2, but he got out of the car in an odd way, seeming to shield something, which is when I realised that I had left my camera on the back seat. Doh!
I ran after him for a while, but he was younger and fitter than me. The fact was that my camera had started to malfunction about three days before, and the exposure time seemed far too long (the camera would indicate 1/200th of a sec, but expose for about 1/5th).
So...I was robbed. Hopefully the guy flogged it to someone he knew, who then kicked the living daylights out of him for selling dodgy goods:)
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