A girl a guy and an island podcast

Join us on our tour across Cuba and discover with us this beautiful island. We traveled from Havana all the way west and then made our way east east, crossing the Sierra Maestre and along the coast to Santiago de Cuba. Ruth loves Cuba, while Christof hates it pretty much all the way until the end. Well, eventually he did enjoy the trip very much. Come and be our travel companion!All recordings are live - that is we did not cut or edited anything besides intro and end.
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Dec 9 - Pinar del Rio
Monday, 23 March, 2009

Ruth got up early to enjoy the beautiful landscape. After the breakfast in our hotel, we drove to Pinar del Rio. The cigar factory in the town was unfortunately closed. We walked a bit around, but to be honest there is not that much to look at. So we decided to drive to the tobacco plantation. On our way out of the city we got a flat tire. Local were rushing in to help and we changed the tire in no time. Because of the road conditions we did not dare to drive on without a spare tire, so we started looking for a repair shop. Finally we met Lester, a young man who guided us to a repair shop, where we got our tire repaired (they also found another tire that needed some attention). So two hours later we had both tires fixed. It was about 20 dollars, so that wasn't too bad. It turns out that Lester has an older brother, who then showed us the Tobacco factory. Ronny (Ronaldino) was actually the manager there. Ronny spoke perfect English. He is also a real business man and sold Ruth two packs of cigars. With all the help we received, the private tour we and and the warm welcome we received from Lester and Ronny's family, we did not feel bad about the 'deal' we got (plus, the cigars were really good).