We
drove from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa by taxi
It was a wonderful journey of
250 km through the mountains and
along the coast
A journey that lasted 5 hours,
because some parts of the
road were very bad
There was so much to see along
the way (ox carts, wild orchids, fruit vendors, cacti, rugged mountains, the
beautiful sea, etc.)
that I didn`t get bored
If you watch my video below you get an idea of what
we saw along the road
I can recommend taxi driver Diosmedes Noblet Feris
He speaks English and lives in Santiago de Cuba tel 0053 (0)152467487
After a few days he came (together with his girlfriend)
to pick us up in Baracoa
Before de Cuban Revolution the only acces to Baracoa was by sea, but in the 1960s a 120 km long road from Guanatanamo to Baracoa was build
The road had already been planned by the Batista goverment,
but never got build
The higest point of te road is at over 600 m and it passes 11 bridges
30 km of the route goes through the spectacular Farola mountains, against a tropical background
The route is also called "La Farola"
Some parts of the road are quite steep, especially the descent to Baracoa is only suitable for cars that are in good condition
Thanks to the taxi driver we had plenty of time to enjoy
the scenery during the ride
We
stopped several times to make photos and to buy fruit
