Podcast 16 – Cuba
Our stint off the bike continued with a holiday in Cuba. It’s our third time in the country so we discuss our observations as the socialist paradise begins to open up to change. We also speak with Shelley’s parents who joined us on tour for the month of July and what went wrong with Baden’s cycling plans for Cuba?
Clockwise from top left: Havana taxi, Sheila at La Ceiba, Che, street scene, Sheila and hibiscus, old dilapidated school, bar in Santa Clara
Clockwise from top left: Sheila and Baden in Trinidad, dancing in Santa Clara, waiting for bus tyre change, cycle taxis, pig on a spit in Las Tarrazas, cabana in Las Terrazas, John Kerry on Cuban tV
Dad says that’s the best podcast he’s ever heard from the Malecon!! Good stuff patching that one together guys – informative and entertaining!
Hi guys
Really enjoyed hearing your voices again. Boy doesn’t Shelley sound like Shelia…. Sorry to hear about your illness Baden. How’s you’re fitness after 3 weeks in Cuba? We heard that you lost 10kgs Baden – have you kept it off? Guess the upset tummy might have helped. Good luck with the next bit of the trip!
Steve
Hey Steve, thanks for listening! Fitness is ok I think, it’s just that cycling in the heat over here is a whole different ball game. The time off the bikes and the Mexican and Caribbean food have definitely taken their toll re: my weight, but I’ll be sweating it all back off again soon. We’re heading further south soon on some longer and slightly trickier days so that should be a learning curve!
Really great to hear from you again 🙂