Mesoamerica 2019 - Eight Cuba Pictures! Trinidad de Cuba

LÍvan called Trinidad the town locked in time. As I mentioned in my last post, the town stopped developing when changes in land based transportation made the city much less important. Fast forward to the present and it's old section is now a UNESCO Heritage site.

A gastronomic interlude

Food was not particularly fantastic in Cuba

Most meat was very overdone to our tastes

But for our first dinner in Trinidad, the owner of our B&B made dinner

We had requested simple fried fish

He did a great job

The fish and its accompaniments were clearly the best meal of the trip

Wilfried, owner and chef

The dish on the left is Tostones, twice fried bananas (NOT plantains according to  LÍvan)

 They were very crispy and served with a slightly spicy sauce

Wilfried's helper

Now off into town

First stop, museum showing one of the best old mansions in town

Note the ceiling. Looks like the hull of a boat, right?

Most of the carpenters in town in the day were shipbuilders so you got ship shape roofs

Kitchen, Wilfried belongs here!

Tower we would soon be climbing

Yes, narrow and steep

Looking back down to the central courtyard.

Mid way up, a tourist shop with friendly saleswoman

Helping you chose the proper T-shirt to promote the revolution

Looking out over Trinidad

With of course a laundry shot

 And now around the town

More examples of ceilings

Cocktails

People

 Always Automobiles

A truck with components from the US, Russia, Japan and Korea

Making pottery

More of the town locked in time

Devotional statuettes in a shop with significant African influenced elements

And just for my Niece RM