Early breakfast today as we're leaving Havana to go to Ciego de Avila. The trip will take most of the da and we'll stop over only at Santa Clara to see the Che's memorial. Waiking up early is not an issue, as the jet lag is still having effect on our sleeping pattern. At 7.30 we are on the road headin East, the condition of the infrastructure is not brilliant, but the motorway is not that bad up to Santa Clara. Only problem being that before getting to the town the belt that makes the air conditioning work brokw down. As a result we waited for the mechanic to rescue us, unbelievably it took him only 1hr in total to get there and fix the problem.
The Che Guevara Memorial is located similarly to the plaza de la revoluciòn in a big area, very spacious where the monument really is the key figure. As you can see from the picture the statue an words by Ernesto are impressive. What you can't is the real memorial, just underneath the statue (photos are forbidden). The latter is split in two parts the first contains the rests of El Che and all the other fighters that with him fought the revolution . The second part is dedicated to a wee museum with a variety of photos and objects owned by Ernesto. The visit was really worth stopping over.
Back on the road we've got to our next accomodation - ANAP Guesthouse. You maybe remind this acronim that it was mentioned on day 2 - organisation of little farmers. The accomodation re simple but fairly nice and the surrounding is very nice with animals and plants. In this place we found a new feature of Cuba, frogs they seem to be everywhere. They jump everywhere from your room to the window down into the garden! Something certainly new ....
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