Saturday December 27, 2014

An early start this morning as we knew we had a long ride. The temperature at 8:00 am was 20 degrees but had risen to 30 degrees by 9:00. It wasn’t too bad though because there was a nice breeze which kept us cool. Fortunately it was a tail wind so that was good for us. Not so good for Peter and his friend, two touring cyclists, we stopped to chat to who travelling in the opposite direction. We exchanged information about the route we had taken and the casas we had stayed at. Peter has been on the road for 4 months and intends to be cycling for at least another year.

I got stung by a bee today – the nasty little beastie hit me in the face and as I brushed it away it stung me and left its little stinger in my finger. The middle finger of my left hand feels like ETs finger. I said some bad words, as I pulled the stinger out and put some \”After Bite\’\’ on it. Ten hours later and it still hurts.

When we arrived in Camaguey I took a wrong turn and we got a little misplaced. We eventually got on the right road and headed for the casa that we stayed in previously. Unfortunately they are full and Jorge called a friend and we are staying at his place. It is closer to the centre of Town and they have a lovely one year old Rottweiler bitch. She is so friendly and nosy, whenever our door is open she wanders in and checks us out. A big softy, just like Sabra was, the rottie we used to have.

We wandered around the downtown again, had some lunch and got some water. Last time we were here (about a month ago) they were working on repaving the downtown and creating a new square. The repaving is completed as is the new square. It looks very nice.

I was a little tired, so I came back to the room while Ralf picked up his camera and has gone out again. He spotted some young street performers

and one old lady, who was not doing an impersonation of Elvis in red.

We ate at the same Italian restaurant we ate at the last time we were in Camaguey. Third time lucky we got our food at the same time. We decided to order the same, thereby guaranteeing that the order would come out at the same time. It worked, lovely lasagna.

Back to the casa and played with the rottie for a while, she really wanted to get at our shoes. She kept pouncing on our feet, daft dog.