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<\/a><\/p>\nNice walk to breakfast . . . the silence broken by a speech being given by Fidel?????????<\/p>\n
No just our own TommyH practicing!<\/p>\n Quiet around the swim up bar in the morning . . .<\/p>\n Omelets made to order\u00a0 . . . provided energy for our first stop today with or guide Alexis, from the Baracoa historical center.<\/p>\n A memorial to the landing of Antonio Maceo, the military general who organized an expedition and gave the first orders for the fight to repel Spanish aggression.<\/p>\n Second stop was the home of a local entrepreneur who makes and sells cucuruchos, a tropical almond brittle made with raw local chocolate wrapped up brown palm leave . . .<\/p>\n . . . as you can see from the pile on the other side of the fence, they go through quite a number of coconuts!<\/p>\n Their simple but tidy and very clean kitchen . . .<\/p>\n their cistern . . .<\/p>\n . . . and shower area.<\/p>\n The local kids made out like bandits as our group loaded them up with small presents we brought to hand out.<\/p>\n Our hostess explains the process of making the candy . . .<\/p>\n . . . while her daughters hull and split the almonds used in preparation.<\/p>\n Local crafts made by the family. The purse was made out of foil gum wrappers and the gold and green \u2018Packer\u2019 ornament was made out of soda can pop tops. Very resourceful!<\/p>\n emJay talking to the patriarch of the family who was 92 years old! Eliseo, who had not been to the Baracoa area for 8 years, told us on the bus ride the gent had climbed a coconut tree 8 years ago and retrieved coconuts. He wasn’t sure if he was still alive. He is still VERY much alive and climbed the tree for us!!!! Note the curvature of the inside of his foot, caused, we believe, from climbing coconut trees for 85+ years!!!!<\/p>\n The palm leaf gadget he uses to climb the tree.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n