Cuba

This was my third visit to Cuba and I keep finding new reasons to return. This time I explored beyond Santiago de Cuba and discovered a completely different side of the country. Trinidad Cobblestones never loses its impact no matter how many times you've seen it. The food still makes me happy in wa…

I travel for food more than anything else, and Cuba shot straight to the top of my culinary travel list. lechón asado alone justified the flight, but that was just the beginning. The variety and quality in Viñales is relentless — I didn't have a single disappointing meal in 11 days. Trinidad Cobble…

Cuba wasn't high on my travel list. A friend pushed me to go and I'm genuinely grateful. The first full day in Cienfuegos reset everything — the scale of Che Guevara Mausoleum and the quality of the lechón asado were immediate signals that I'd misjudged the place completely. incredible vintage cars…

Three weeks is long enough to get past the tourist surface in Cuba. The first week I was in Viñales and the big sites like Che Guevara Mausoleum. The second and third I went further and slower. The food evolution was interesting — lechón asado everywhere but prepared so differently by region. incre…

Only had a long weekend — about 17 days — in Cuba, based in Santiago de Cuba. More than enough to fall for the place. Did Trinidad Cobblestones on day one and spent the rest of the time just walking and eating. The moros y cristianos situation here is no joke — some of the best eating I've done anyw…