Life's a beach at Maria La Gorda

We head further west and spend 3 days and 2 nights at Maria La Gorda on the extreme west of Cuba. I come down with a heavy cold also - so we are laid low for much of the time which is not great. However, by the last day I felt well enough to try diving, which is the main activity at the resort. The dive is amazing, with loads of tropical fish and a huge vertical drop from 18m to 50+m ... although I don't go past 18m !

Here is a picture from the beach in Maria La Gorda



We leave in the afternoon of the 2nd to Pinar del Rio for an overnight stay before catching a morning bus directly to Havana airport and onwards to Costa Rica.

All in all, Cuba was interesting - but we are glad to leave. Much of the country is quite run down. It is like somebody pressed pause in the 1960's and much of the buildings and cars have deteriorated in condition since then. The road pollution in Havana was very bad. Although the countryside was beautiful.