After having known Sancti Spíritus and its most important places, its people and their
way of life, its cost and having given you some tips to save money if you
go there, it is time to leave, and we are going to do it the least expensive way. .
This trip is also improvised, like the previous ones, without a ticket, not because I don't want to, but
because of the difficulty of obtaining it. I find it strange that between provinces it is so difficult to move. I get
a good impression of Sancti Spíritus, it seems like a nice and very cheap place, especially that.
- Are these bikes sold in MLC stores? - Yes, they sell them in Havana. - No, you're not.
- The motorcycles in Havana are electric. - They're electric, it's true. These are gasoline (assumption)
- These are equipment made by ourselves. Russian engines.
Spartan: And are they good business? - Yes of course.
The bus that goes to Santa Clara that I am going to try to board leaves from the Old Terminal. That
's what they should know if they're going to do this tour. The motorcycle ticket = 80 pesos in national currency.
I want to say that if I don't manage to ride here, I'm going to have to do the route in different cars, by sections.
Now the adventure begins. The adventure of moving from one province to another
without passage. Reviewing the information a bit, I find that here are the ticket prices.
Pause it if you want. In the waiting room there are people who have been here since morning. You
arrive and, if there is no queue, you hand in your identification at the window and they write you down on the list there.
Food? Little offer.
Well I think this is the craziest vlog I've ever done, a backpacking vlog.
We will have to invent. What I did was put myself on a waiting list, luckily and truly. I
still have two hours left, let's see if I can get on there. In front of me there are 27 people. They say that when
the time comes, the crowd forms. Let's see, otherwise, I'll have to go to another
place, get on another motorcycle, pay 80 Cuban pesos again, get there and then start
taking cars. From here to Cabaiguán, from Cabaiguán to I don't know where (Placetas), and from I don't know where to Santa Clara.
Two hours is enough time to meditate and reflect and also plan what we are going to
do on the next trips. They started calling and in the first call "I didn't classify", as
we say here. In the second, I had a little more luck.
This is the famous passage. In the case of foreigners, I would say that they have it a little easier because they can
book through Vía Azul, they pay in MLC, and they will move much easier. We Cubans have more work. ...........Let's go...........
When I left Trinidad, I thought I was going to get a bus like this, but it wasn't like that.
I got hit by a truck. Coincidentally, trucks are vehicles that have many accidents
on the road (something that I have always avoided and something that I have never advised,
mainly for foreigners, but hey, luckily I got a bus now)
Well family, I just arrived, I'm even inside the room. Before leaving here
I couldn't eat anything because the restaurants were closed. They all open at noon. So, I came
here and now what I have to do is explore the area.
I told them that I have a slight problem, and that is that, for some reason, the suitcase lost the combination.
Now I have to use some technique to open this. I know how to open suitcases. (The same thing happened to me in Macedonia with another suitcase)
Don't be scared, I'm not going to break this. I know how to open these suitcases without having the original password.
Before I do that, I'm going to go out to look for food, of course, that's what's urgent now, and when I come back,
I'm going to tell you all about my travel experience.
Looking for where to eat, between one thing and another, I ended up
lost and ended up at Dinos Pizza, a cafeteria where they sell pizzas. What you are going to see here are the
prices. They are quite modest, considering the value of the dollar. The offer is quite limited.
This 135-peso pizza, in theory, is bacon...in theory.
135 pesos = 5.50 UED official change = 1.35 USD unofficial change
We are back here at home after having had some lunch. To recapitulate a
bit: to come from Sancti Spíritus to Santa Clara, in our case, Cubans, what we
should do is try to reserve transportation beforehand, by bus, if there is one, in
this case I don't know why it is so complex, being a relatively short distance, one
province is next to the other, I don't know what happens that there is never transport to reserve. So, in
that case, what I did was go to the bus terminal and put myself on the waiting list. The
waiting list was a lottery, it could just as well be wasting my time there, waiting. Luckily
, it went well, as you could see. If it had gone wrong. I was then going to have to
take another transport, move to a certain hospital that is near the
central highway, in Sancti Spíritus, and then take a machine (car) that would go to
Cabaiguán, from Cabaiguán, another machine to Placetas, and from Placetas, then, to Santa Clara.
Backpacker life is a bit complicated. For tourists, remember that the only road is Via Azul, the
other thing is to do the same thing, combine taxis from one side to another and from another to another and thus, get to
Santa Clara, from Sancti Spíritus. It's a bit complicated for me, but at least we're here. So
now our adventure begins, here in Santa Clara. We are going to be visiting the
most central places here, the most important places here, and for that, as we have been doing, we are going
to have a hostess. So, family, this was my experience. I am pleased to have shared
it with you so that you more or less have an idea of ​​what could happen if you travel here, what could
also happen for the Cubans who are here, how more or less they could manage in situations
like these. Nothing, family, a hug, they are loved, and see you soon in the Santa Cara series.
Good family, I present to you our hostess from
the city of Santa Clara. Her name is Amalia, she also has a channel... .........Coming soon..........