Cuba Archives - TravelCake https://www.travelcake.net/category/destinations/latin-america/cuba/ Traveling since 1985 Tue, 05 Jul 2016 06:25:54 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 12 Favourite Destinations https://www.travelcake.net/12-favourite-destinations/ https://www.travelcake.net/12-favourite-destinations/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:47:49 +0000 http://www.travelcake.net/?p=1870 It’s been exactly 10 years today since my first independent trip. By “independent” I mean a trip not organised or sponsored by parents, school or other organisations… I started traveling on my own dime in my own time. I was 19 when a friend and I booked a ticket to Zimbabwe, a country we knew […]

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]]> https://www.travelcake.net/12-favourite-destinations/feed/ 28 Birthdays Abroad https://www.travelcake.net/birthdays-abroad/ https://www.travelcake.net/birthdays-abroad/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.travelcake.net/?p=1594 The past 7 years I’ve been so lucky to celebrate the start of a new life year abroad, either doing something exciting or lazing in the shade of a coconut tree. Because this year was so different, I thought I’d look back on those past birthdays.   Turning… …22! Stargazing in Liechtenstein’s Alps As wild […]

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]]> https://www.travelcake.net/birthdays-abroad/feed/ 13 Canchánchara: Cuban Cocktail Recipe https://www.travelcake.net/canchanchara-cuban-cocktail-recipe/ https://www.travelcake.net/canchanchara-cuban-cocktail-recipe/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:30:19 +0000 http://www.travelcake.net/?p=1535 The canchánchara… My favourite cocktail, born in the colonial town of Trinidad in Cuba. Spend a day in the old town and let it transport you to another era. An era of cobbled streets, horse drawn carriages and grand 19th century Spanish mansions. Add some slightly ‘rum intoxicated’ mulattos swinging their hips to the rhythmic conga […]

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