Not much to tell today. We went to deserted beach. The road was really bad from Viñales, but we did enjoy beautiful views.
A lot of animals on the road.
Once we arrived to Cato Jutias we were charged 3CUC for guarding our car. We could ignore the guy and not pay (we learned that!), but safer to pay if we want to find our car intact.
A walk to that deserted beach was quite long. We passed the commercial beach with restaurant and sun beds and continued the shore.
We had to turn to the path in the bushes. We walked around 30min and then the path was gone and it looked like a beach, but we continued further.
We went through the rain forest which later turned int thick forst, full of mosquitoes and spider webs and old tree branches.
At some point we were thinking to turn back as it looked getting denser and some swamps on the side with palms, but then we went toward the sea through pine trees and we saw sand! There was Matahambre mines beach. Almost untouched by tourists. Full of star fishes, crabs and other animals. It was completely deserted and looked really beautiful.
It was a bit windy, so we couldn’t feel the blazing sun. I thought I need some tan, since I was putting 50SPF sunscreen before so now nada.
It was 2pm so we decided to head back since the way was quite long to the car. This time we packed everything in our backpacks and went through the shore and sea, not the forests. It was a bit easier, but I could feel sun burning my shoulders and back. Only then I realised how much I have burnt. Way back was quicker for sure, but still too around 40min.
Then we drove back to Havana. It was getting dark and we still had to go for another 70km. Luckily we reached home safely.
For dinner we went to La Cathedral restaurant. We found out that tapas and starters were so big that we didn’t need the main. Also they had spicy salsa, which was really spicy! I’ve ordered some chunks of pork, but they were a bit dry. In general the place was quite cheap and cocktails were great!