Vinales

We left Havana is a vintage 1950s Chevrolet. We drove for three hours without seatbelts and no car interior!  Vinales is a beautiful village in the valley where all house are bright color painted. Truly unique and beautiful pink, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange mini houses with signs advertising room for rent.  

This is our first experience in a Casa Particular.  Our room is bright pink with a window which opens to the street view or boys playing soccer.  Our hosts do not speak a word of English.  The driver did not either.  I wish I knew Spanish. It will certainly encourage me to learn it.  triptovinales.com see last day in Vinales for address.

We walked 25,000 steps around the village, went for a delicious pizza lunch and a few drinks at Pizzeria El Eden, one of the many village bar/restaurant.  The village is filled with tourist.

Tonight we will enjoy dinner at our Casa Particular.  The room cost 85 CUC for 3 nights.  Bkft 4 CUC and dinners 10 CUC/each.  In comparison the Havana hotel cost $440/night and dinners were on average $25-30 each. No wonder Casa Particulars are so popular and I would recommend them over hotels.

The food tasted wonderful too.  Very simple but tasty lobster, chicken, black beans soup and much more.