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Good morning family. Welcome here to Cayo Jutías, one of those exotic places
around Viñales, about 60 km from Viñales to be a little more exact. We are going
to explore this whole area in this video. So get ready, we're about to start.
Incredible as it may sound, we Cubans ourselves do not know our country very well and
for a long time we were prohibited from entering tourist facilities. This is
one of the great attractions here in the area. In this key there is a
virgin beach called Playa de las Estrellas. I doubt that we can go, because we have to go by motor boat.
Here there is a restaurant, which later we will see if the food is good or
if it is not good, in addition to the typical services of a diving center in Cuba.
The first thing you should know when you come here is that it is loaded with mosquitoes,
those mosquitoes that are big and strong, so come psychologically prepared for that. The other thing is
that on the weekend it fills up with people, now there are hardly any people, but on the weekend they come
here... many people from Pinar del Río, from Viñales itself, from La Palma, in the end of
many places like Santa Lucia, they come here not only by bus, as
I have done, but on weekends they have the possibility of renting a bus and
many people come in a bus, so, the "Cuban" on the weekend During the week it is "a pululu" (vast) as we say.
Right now there are not many people, only those who came with me
in the collective taxi: eight people on the entire beach.
More will be arriving as the day progresses. Sun loungers and umbrellas can be
used for free and I clarify this because I have seen other beaches where you do have to pay.
I would say that it is not like they portray it in other internet videos where they put a beach with
very fine white sand, I don't know what, really, as you are seeing, there are quite a few
pebbles on the floor, it is a bit difficult to walk. If they continue walking straight ahead, the only thing they
will find is mangroves. Walking a few kilometers there, you will find the famous
Playa de las Estrellas, the one you go to by boat. Playa de las Estrellas is a virgin beach,
literally a paradise of turquoise blue waters, where you can find large starfish
. Looking for information, I read that previously there was a path that is now closed,
therefore, you can only go by boat or by crossing the entire beach. In the second case, you will find
a mangrove, which I do not recommend crossing because there are a lot of mosquitoes, so what you can do
is enter the water and go along the entire beach. A walk of approximately one hour awaits them.
And if you are wondering how was the trip here and how much did it cost me, we are going to see it now.
To get to Cayo Jutías I used a collective taxi, an old car, as
you know most of the cars here are. The collection is made between
8 and 9 in the morning, depending on the schedule agreed with the taxi driver.
The taxi picks up customers at their homes and when it is full the trip begins.
Spartan: Isn't this road a year old yet? It's a mess.
Taxi driver: When I saw how they did it, I told people: if the covid takes two more years, the tourist who saw it before, when he returns, he will say that no fix was made for him.
The tour lasts two hours, two hours of travel on
one of the worst roads you will see in your life.
The trip lasts two hours precisely because of the state of the road. The last section to reach the
key is an artificial embankment. The cost of the trip is currently $20 per person.
The forbidden paradise. The beach of the stars
There are certain places in Cuba that can only be reached by motor boats and Cubans
cannot board them. The next thing they're going to hear is a low-quality audio recording
- You know Cubans can't get on the boat, you can't.
- Actually you can't. Get in there with the foreigners, depending on how the bullpen is... (we'll see if it's done "on the left" or not)
Well family, I think you just heard the audio. In the edition I obviously
eliminated the face of this man, so that he would not have any kind of problem, so that he would not
"explode" as we say here. You have already heard that you cannot go to the Playa de las
Estrellas for the simple fact that we are Cubans. Why does this happen? Because we Cubans cannot
get on motor boats. They had already seen this in the previous video
I made of Ancón beach. Now we have the audio of people saying that we can't because
we are Cubans. This is something that I don't know when it will change, the truth is that I don't know.
They are things of our own country that we are missing, for the simple fact of being
Cuban, that's how it is. It is not understood how it is possible that we, who are from here in Cuba, cannot
visit places that foreigners can visit. Among the list of things that I had
to do in Pinar del Río, I was also thinking of visiting Cayo Levisa. With Cayo Levisa it is the same, the same
story, so, like this, we are going to find places that, as Cubans, we are not going to be able to go,
you can, because you are foreigners. Now, if I paid for the left I could go, but what
happens, I don't think it's fair for me to show a lie, that is, for me to show a
place to pretend that you can go, when you really can't. So nothing, family,
thanks to the magic of youtube and the things on youtube I'm going to show you the Playa de
las Estrellas, but not from my camera, but from the camera of a foreigner. (Images courtesy of the YouTube channel Adrián López)
The images that followed of Playa de las Estrellas seen from a drone were blocked
by copyright, not only on this channel, which leads me to clarify something: that the The use of drones in Cuba
is prohibited, with the exception of those persons authorized by the government to exercise
model aircraft and aerial work. This was established by decree 34/2021. To enter drones into Cuba
you must be previously authorized. To fly one, the paperwork can go through up to 5 government entities.
In this case, not even foreigners are spared. Nothing to do with the times when, to hire a
cell phone service in Cuba, or internet service, or enter a hotel, only foreigners were authorized.
Well, family, it's already noon and the beach is now starting to get busy. Let's see how the lunch they sell at the restaurant is.
If in other times they told me that there was going to be variety in the restaurant, I would say
yes, but today I don't expect it. I do hope there is some kind of seafood and drinks of
course. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Anderson Lorenti on his birthday,
whose birthday is April 18, and also Eduardo Gallego, whose birthday is May 1.
We're going to position ourselves right here, anyway we have a wonderful view here.
Let's see what happens with the food.... Still no food.
Until one, or half past one there is no service, that
is, the restaurant is not really working. The restaurant was filling up with foreigners
as time passed and they bought drinks to make their
wait more pleasant. If you are wondering about food and quality, this is what you are going to see here.
This dish that has a few shrimp costs
300 pesos, almost 3 dollars at the unofficial exchange rate, and 12, at the official exchange rate.
Coming back from lunch, I have to admit that it was bad.
It was 300 pesos not very well spent, but there was nothing else so you
had to eat that or not eat, then... To end the day, one of the tourists who
came in my taxi lost his shoes. Spartan: What does it say? Did you find the shoes?
- I dont know.
To end this video, the yuma's shoes were stolen, he left them on a table, the
guy who picked up the knobs passed by, and the shoes disappeared. So family, leave me your comments
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See you next week in another video from Viñales.