At the terminal in Santa Clara I met an English woman, Yvette, and we talked a lot before we got on the bus. She was going to Trinidad, and we arranged to meet up there when I arrived after being in Cienfuegos a couple of days. But when we got on the bus, I changed my mind about Cienfuegos and wanted to go with her to Trinidad, but we didn’t really see a problem in that since it was the same bus (first going to Cienfuegos and thereafter to Trinidad), and furthermore it was the same price we had paid. But it turned out to be a big problem and I ended up paying double prize. Idiot system! My god a system, and even though people say Cuba is not really a corrupt country there is still corruption a lot of places. But okay, I couldn't do anything about it, and I would save some money, because Yvette and I would share a room and that is cheaper.
The crazy thing here in Cuba is that you pay for the room, so it is the same price if you are 1 or 4 people.
When we got of the bus people basically attacked us, and sent us in the wrong direction and didn't help us at all to find the house we were looking for. But in the end we found the house. Casa Tamargo, at Mathilde’s, where we lived the week we were in Trinidad in 2004. She opened, but sadly she had no rooms, plus her prices were a bit too high for our small budgets. But she helped us to find somewhere else, at Riselda’s house just across the street, and that turned out to be a great deal. The room was nice and Riselda seemed really nice.
I had a really great time in Trinidad, stayed there for a week and hang around in the streets, went to the beach twice with Yvette. We also went to Mathilde’s house to eat one night, and Mathilde found a guest book and we found the message we had left them in 2004. I had some great conversations with her and her husband, GREAT food, and we met a Canadian couple with whom we went out to drink a mojito. It was quite empty when Yvette left to go back to La Habana to catch her flight home, but I started talking a lot with Riselda. She was crazy, but so nice, generous, chatty, and she laughs a lot. So we had a good time. She understood that I didn’t have too much money so she made me special offers on her fantastic food, and even put down the price on the room for me. I think she at some point started to think of me a little like a part of her family and she had a hard time saying goodbye when I left. She is amazing, and I’m so glad I got to know her. And if anyone is going to Cuba you have to go see for yourself.
amazing lobster !
The lovely Riselda
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