Cuban wake up call

#Littelefootprints are back from another adventure. This time we had our Cuban wake up call. For the last couple of years I have been nagging about wanting to visit Cuba, and despite many other offers, inviting destinations, I refused to back down, what took me to Cuba in the most interesting time I could have possibly imagined, taking into account our era.

This trip was even more unique, as Littlefootprints count now 4 more feet (some of them not so small), who not only joined my project, but with their beautifull skills, energy and faith in my passion, they have made this journey a passion of their own. Accompanied by a couple of friends, we ended up in a Caribbean haven, which for years, tugged by abuse, armed forces and changes, managed to remain colorful and filled with music.

Very much worried at first, as while waiting in a humongous line at the airport to get our passports controled we met a Polish guide visiting her Cuban boyfriend, who, when she found out that: 1. we do not speak Spanish, 2. we are planning to travel by van, 3. we intend to sleep in it, wherever it takes us, 4. and are in general planning to get out of the beaten track, shook her head doubtfully, giving us the only advise she could, seeing how unshakable we are: be careful.

I must admit that she did give me cold feet, after all we didn’t have a van arranged (none were available when booking from Europe), we did not speak the language (although by the time we reached Eastern Cuba our communication abilities in Spanish were highly improved, to a degree that we had a chance to have „conversations” with locals), and I planned an intense journey, for which to succeed all elements had to come together and the whole group needed to cooperate.

Luckily Littlefootprints’ voyages are always lucky and good fortune stays with us even in apparent mishaps… Keep your eye on us to find out more about the obstacles we had, how we have overcome them in a Cuban environment, political and social events going on in Cuba and most of all about its amazing people, nature and energy. Join our movement!