I survived Trinidad Carnival. This should be on a t-shirt that I proudly wear, especially since I came back last Wednesday and my legs/back/ankles/knees aren’t back to normal. What an amazing experience. I went to the greatest show on earth and lived to tell about it in what is about to probably be a lengthy…
Category: Personal Travels
Christmas and New Years in Santiago de Cuba
I’m finally getting to the end of my Cuba posts, hallelujah. There was a lot of content and choosing less words than more is hard you know? I want to give you more pictures and more information, but it takes time. Thanks for tuning in to read a post about my favourite city in the…
Three Days in Baracoa: Best Cuban food and Nature-loving
Every damn time I go to Cuba I always hear the same damn thing, ‘how bad was the food?’. I get it, resort food sucks so you all assume that an island of 11 million people must have food that sucks everywhere. That sounds a little ridiculous when you read it like that right? I…
Taking a Bus from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa
I just returned from a one-week trip to Cuba. It began in Santiago de Cuba (and ended there) – with a quick three days in Baracoa in the middle. This was the first time I would be venturing to Baracoa, but it was not my first time on a bus in Cuba. During two of…
Trinidad Carnival Budget Breakdown (2020)
To be quite honest, at this point I will just keep repeating what I said in my ‘So You Want to Go to Cropover Eh?‘ post; Carnival is not for the weak. Carnival is not for the broke. Carnival will have you spent both physically and monetarily. It is finally time for me to fulfill a…