February, 2011
In Cuba there are many modes of transportation to get around. There is the classic mode, 2 feet and a heartbeat. We did a lot of this, as the Marina to which we were staying is about 2 ½ miles from Varadero and about 1 mile into Santa Marta. Chris and I also had bicycles but it was hard to get around as a group when our friend Tim came from Calgary. From Santa Marta, Varadero, Matanzas to Habana, we saw many classic cars. We had the pleasure of hiring a few of these 1950 Classics to get around. In Varadero, the taxis are kept up very well and in great mechanical shape. Most of these vehicles do not have their original motors and have been replaced with Perkin diesels or Toyota engines. The body work and paints jobs just awesome. You can tell that many hours of pride and workmanship has been done to these. There is also the Hop On Hop Off Bus. The fee for this is $5.00 CUC’s for the day and the route goes from one end of Varadero all the way up the tourist strip (approx. 25 miles) and returning back to where you started. There is also the horse and buggy and another mode the “Coco Taxi”. They look like an Orange on 3 wheels.
Here is a collection of pictures of transportation in Cuba.
