Rob and I took our fold up bikes as they were easy to take on the plane. We thought we might have some difficulty but cycling on them was much better than we had expected.
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Cuba has a very diverse landscape. Crossing the Sierra Maestra mountain range, made famous by Che Guevara, we cycled up roads so steep that they were made from concrete rather than asphalt and we could only make it to the top by zigzagging across the road.
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Down those hills we certainly knew we had small wheeled bikes. It was not for the faint hearted or weak legged.
Thank goodness for low range gears! The spectacular scenery most definitely off-set the aches in our muscles.
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The flat plains in Central Cuba have small, dusty towns surrounded by fields and fields of sugar cane. When the wind was behind us we really chewed up the kilometres.
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The Cuban coast is incredibly spectacular!
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We often cycled in the morning and swam and snorkeled at white, sandy beaches with crystal blue water on the Caribbean in the afternoon.
These days were my favourite ones.
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April 23, 2011 at 8:55 pm |
Good on you!