Gypsea and Altimate next to each other at the marina dockthis big beauty stayed for a week, a school ship for teensthe anchorage at sunseta meet up on Gypsea, Derya and Orhanhaving a drink at “Paseo del Prado”a tuk tuk ride back to the anchorage, sometimes we were lazyat Piña Colada bar, Sofie was dancing with the old man walking to the farmers marketready to get into the crowd of the farmers market me, Derya, Orhan and El Capitano
A tuktuk trip with Joana
heading to the flamingoes in Laguna Guanarocaat the entrance of the Guanaroca; El Capitano with Joana on his right, and Derya on his leftan abandoned termites nestwalking to the lagoon with the park lady and her daughterin the back our body boat with Derya and Orhan think that was a kind of peckerOrhan, Derya and their row manflamingos ready for take offWilfredo in actionhere he was looking for more oysters just a strange flowernow I was driving😁Joana and her tuk tukhere we had a quick stop to enjoy the view that was on the small ferry to Jagua fortresslittle Derya on a ferryat the forttorture chamberthe two muchachos discussing whatever on top of the fortwe came that way when we entered Cienfuegos bay with Altimateat the restaurant Orhan was comparing his nose with the sword of the sword fishnot the best shot but one can see the restauranthe was explaining how they fish in those boatsel Capitano framed in a sharks jawafter a long day Orhan and Derya were enjoying the beachthe beach at Rancho Luna the anchorage at sunset – very kitschy but beautiful
Derya made a nice video for instagram of our day:
Cienfuegos and a visit at Marc and Anette’s place
sometimes at the Malecon of Cienfuegos this guy made churros, the strange part was that they squeezed sweet strawberry or vanilla syrup into the churros – we choose only the plain onesmonument dedicated to the martyrs of independence at Paseo del Pradothe White House at night, we went up to the roof to see the viewinside the restaurant / hotel , I liked the tiles as alwaysthe view from the roof to the anchorage and Club Cienfuegos housea night out with some sailor fellows of the anchorage; Orhan Derya and us on the left, Ralf, Jens and Arzum on the right funny Gisela in her kitchen Marc preparing the supper the only pic I made including with the four living togetherBarbaro starting the fire for the bbqMarc and Norbert in the backyard of Gisela’s and Barbados house
Some impressions of Sofie’s and Görans apartment
Göran and Sofie in her apartmentthe view of one of their balconies , Parque José Martítheir kitchentheir dining roomMarie Lou’s kitchenwe were walking through Marie Lou’s kitchen so I could see the whole big apartment one corner of the rooftopand again the view to Parque J.Martí from the roof
A shopping day with Sofie
right next to their house she showed me this pretty cafeit showed impressive wall artParque José Martía shop with hand made clothesmany hats were sold that was a government shop, I thought it was funny that it also was an open hairdressing rooman art gallery with a pretty spiral stairmore art a pretty backyardfinally we found something to drink somewhere, can’t remember what we got there but I didn’t like it too muchthat was a typical cuban dress, though I haven’t seen women wearing such
Valentines day
at the marina bar, people were getting ready for Valentines day – dancing was the major partthere it was, the new heat exchangervalentines decoration on valentines day Piña Colada bar was crowded and many locals were celebrating that day therewe met this nice family, they all lived in Cienfuegos and enjoyed that special dayok, sorry Gören you look crazy but that was the only pic I had from Marie Lou and her husbandthe musiciansa packed Piña Colada bar with the crowd cheering and having fun
Last two weeks in Cienfuegos
After mounting the heat exchanger and checking that it worked we were happy to explore areas of Cienfuegos where we hadn’t been yet. We also invited Marc, Anette, Gisela and Barbaro to see how we live when we were back docked at the marina for the engine repair. Cuban government didn’t allow locals on the boat – not even at the marina. It was very embarrasing for all of us. The port captain Yoa, a very nice guy was embarrassed as he had to tell us that it was not allowed to have Gisela and Barbaro onboard. Not even for 10 min. They had to wait at the marina bar while Marc and Anette were having a quick look. All of the locals were so scared of “local spies” that they didn’t dare to turn a blind eye. Such a broken system! After seeing Altimate we all went out to a restaurant for dinner.
the engine without the old heat exchangerhere I was strongly helping El Capitano to dismantle the old heat exchanger; I was making sure that the new one stayed in his travel box until it would get mountedwe walked to the opposite site of headland Punta Gorda to Laguna del Curapassed some old housesthat was a strange work of art -well at least for me- it was called ” maternity”. I couldn’t find any connection.we passed by a big playground fair but it seemed closed for goodwe used to have a car like that when I was kid – only it was redthere was even a little beach on that side, not too exciting but at leasta restaurant just next to the entrancethe view of the other side of the beach sunset between the pretty mansionspeople queuing for a jam session at Club Cienfuegostypical transportation Marc and Anette were visiting us on Altimate when we were in the marina for the mounting of the enginea motorised bicycle – kind of cool with an old plastic water bottle as a tankfinally we were visiting the famous “Teatro Tomás Terry”the majestic Teatro Tomás Terry was considered the principal theatre of Cienfuegos, an elegant theatre located at Parque Martíaccording to Cuban Travel Agency: “the majesty of the Teatro Tomás Terry is based on Italian style, both inside and out, characterized mainly by its horseshoe-shapedhall. Its interior consists of an auditorium decorated with marble and hand-carved parquet, in addition to 950 seats available”maybe that was Tomás Terry?
Our last days
newly opened hotel Union, which we visited to enjoy the view from the roof topthe pedestrian street empty on a Wednesday eveningour last ride to the farmers marketbusy crowded market different transportation in Cubathe butcher in actionwho would have thought an elephant in Cienfuegosmoney, money, moneyain’t that a cute vehicle?birthday party of Anne – Sofie, her first guestschecking out of Cienfuegosand the next annoying project started ; the high pressure floor kept loosing air and El Capitano was trying to fix it
SY Altimate 