Cienfuegos
The marina was full
and Jaco had to transport the eight officials and one sniffer dog one-or two at
a time with our small dinghy to the boat to complete the checking-in
procedures.
It was a long process
but relatively painless, the port captain the only one asking Christelle for
“gifts” like batteries, t-shirt and rum.
The cold front that
was predicted was already announcing its presence when I dropped off the last
of the officials. The wind was starting to blow from the west, the open side of
the big bay of Cienfuegos
The marina ordered us
to stay on the boat for the next day to check the anchor and make sure we don’t
drag into the marina.
The “storm” lasted two
days and we stayed on board, it was rough but manageable and the anchor held.
Christelle took a short video of conditions.
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| View of Cienfuegos |
So after two days we
were only able to go into Cienfuegos
and it was like time warp.
Majority of the cars
are from the 50-60’ties, most buildings haven’t been painted since then and for
taxi’s they still use horse carts and tri-cycles!
We took the bicycles
and explored the town. The people are very friendly and helpful.
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| Live band playing only 2 songs for a tip. |
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| typical bar /restaurant |
We met Michelle and
Lily outside the internet shop where Jaco was guarding the bicycles. They have
a very nice Casa Particular (private home renting rooms) and were picking up
tourist from the bus. Michelle’s father was fighting in 
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| fisherman on a self-made foamalite-float. |
We had places to go
and were lucky to meet Lothar on S/C Catorion who would look after Songerie on
anchor while we go to Havana etc...
