Destination unknown
Let the music play because when I write the title of this post it was the first thing that came to my mind... mamma mía hahaha... I love the saxophone. 🤣 Truly, it's just what came... and someone is hot right now watching this video... 😂
Come on, refresh your brain... I wish I had the qwerrie snowball, but what I have is this for you.
A very cold (non-alcoholic) malt I bought myself, along with a peanut bar and I had some bread in my backpack. So I made a little snack out of that. Cyclists need to be nourished to perform well and not faint on the road.
Enough with the hot flashes and fainting spells! Let's get down to business today!
Once upon a time, the neighbour on one side of my house suggested a bike trip and it turned into a funny Sunday. Destination unknown. Well... we knew that we would pick up, in Old Havana, another neighbour, the one on the other side of my house, who would be accompanied by his friend. And that's it. Well... we also knew that I was going to take pictures of everything that happened on this adventure.
Paseo del Prado, Old Havana.
However, this is a sneak preview because I want to make a video of our adventure and say a few more tidbits. Now I'm tired and can only manage to type a few loose ideas.
When we arrived at the Harbour Avenue, we decided to board the boat that crosses the Bay to the village of Casablanca.
It was already a bit late... I knew that if we went there, it would be night before we could get back. However, I stopped thinking so much and gave myself up to laughter and enjoyment.
Do you want to see how I turn a funny Sunday into a sublime one? 😁
🤣 Joke. I didn't have to do anything. Nature is the best architect of our palaces of happiness. These are the views I got from the boat with my mobile phone.
When we got off the boat and left the terminal this is what I saw.... plus other things, of course. 😄
There was an exhibition there by a Greek photographer. 😱 And I said: Stefanos (@fotostef) came unannounced.
See those wires up there? That's because that's the terminal where the only electric train in Cuba leaves from: the Hershey Train. I really don't know if it's running. But I can tell you the curious history of that train.
It is named after the famous American chocolatier who had it built a century ago, covers the 98 km distance between Havana and Matanzas province, has two cars, and passes through the small town of Hershey, where the American businessman built a sugar mill in 1916, now in disuse. Ecured
If it works, one day the crazy woman I have tied up inside can get loose and with bicycle and all, I'll go to Matanzas on that train. 🤣
As I didn't see any trains around and this is a cycling community, what I show here is a bike of someone who sells a kind of sweets called Pastel Oriental.
I also want to share with you some other pictures I took with my friend the Panasonic Lumix. I have to edit them and I am very tired. They will come out step by step... and this is my way of bringing you here for a few minutes to enjoy the places I enjoy as well.
One at least today. I'm not going to be such a bad person.
Two?
Can you see me there? 😀
Ok, three?
About the Christ of Havana.
It is the work of the Cuban artist Jilma Madera, who used 600 tons of white marble from Carrara (Italy) to sculpt it. It consists of 67 pieces and weighs 320 tons. The monument measures 20 metres and its pedestal measures 3 metres. It is located 51 metres above sea level and on an axis with the Havana Cathedral. The sculpture was unveiled on 25 December 1958.
Among the things that have been happening around here these days, obviating the medical issue and its complications, I'll tell you that I sold my mountain bike on Saturday... I sold it for the same price it cost me. Maybe you'll see it around, who knows. It's just that my neighbour had bought a really bad one that was always leaving him stranded and I told him to sell that one so that he could keep mine. So he did and now he's very happy, you'll see. I will keep the money to see if in the future I get my wish to have a Gravel. 😉 This is a plan that has the freedom to express itself... anywhere... well I'll leave it there.
On the other hand, as my cycle computer doesn't transmit data to Strava, I decided to make this to keep the stats that it collects on each of my rides.
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Hey @nanixxx you are welcome.
Thanks for using @worldmappin 😘
Haha, if I ever come this way, you'll be the first to know :)
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Firstly, that music video is very distracting... 😃 You should move it to the end of the post as nobody will read the post in this way... 😂
I like the adventure that you took with your friends... Good choice to take a boat ride, shoot some nice photos, and explore different places by bike!
Btw. What did you ride if you sold your bike?
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Oh, I didn't take that into account... hahaha... you're right! 😅
I had two, a mountain bike and a road bike, the one you see in the photo. 😄
Thank you, @ph1102, for your support. 🎷
Una belleza de escultura el Cristo la Habana!!
😋 Así es. Hermosa escultura y un gran mirador para pasar un rato entre amigos.
I can relate to this a bit too much than I'd like to haha
Havana looks absolutely beautiful though, I could almost feel the warmth of the sun from some of those pictures
Did you keep fainting? 😕 But don't forget to refuel before the hikes and to carry water and energy stuff in your backpack.
Havana has its lights and shadows... but it's what I have and I enjoy it most of the time. 😉
Mostly better with the food and water side of things these days, more on the brink of falling asleep from a lack of sleep and so much running around. The past month or two just feels like a blur and stupidly long bus rides either across nations or over borders.
I remember seeing Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown about it, it reminds me of Armenia in how there may be infrastructure problems and economic ones, but thrives on culture and little communities.
What Havana, and Cuba in general, has is something that I would define as ‘its own pace’. Life here is difficult but it is lived, we don't know how.
Our economic situation is critical, my friend. Culture is not eaten... but yes, it is there.
I know the music video!! hahaha
I loved the train story and I hope it works... you promised to go on it!!!! How cool the photos of the christ and the idea of getting on a boat with the bike!!!! Have a rest!
Nah... I said that if the crazy woman I have tied up inside me wakes up 🤣
Hugs @avdesing, my friend. Let go see where you're at today. You are such a hard worker.
Thank you! 🌹
Today... I went to a flea market and tomorrow to a museum and the day after... I won't decide, but on Thursday I'll remember something and on Friday I'll paint hahaha if I don't get organised I'm dead.🤣
You need an assistant! 🤣
Uno bien guapo?? jajaja
¡Sí! Pero deberás ser fuerte para que él no te distraiga. Te puede llevar a un... destination unknown 🤣 🎷
Haré el casting... que sea inteligente por favor!! Moreno.... empecemos a pedir!🤣
Pide en grande, no escatimes. Jajaja...
A ver a ver.... moreno, inteligente, con buen sentido del humor, con mi misma línea de pensamiento o parecida jajaja que sea buen secretario!🤣
Concedido. Ya eso está en manos de tu doble cuántico y lo resolverá de un momento a otro. 😃
Puedo seguir pidiendo? jajajaja
Sí, mientras más detalles mejor. Recuerda.
Ahhh pero es un asistente nada más... bueno hay que deleitarse la vista. Mirada interesante, manos grandes, no agregaré nada de los pies jajaja, que le guste la pasta... vida saludable, las caminatas... si es asistente me tiene que acompañar no?🤣
Por supuesto que te tiene que acompañar. Bueno, mira, los asistentes pueden asistir en muchas cosas jajaja... 🤣 (me tienes muerta de risa aquí) piensa bien en todos los detalles para que el Universo te lo dé rápido.
Por favor que no sea un esqueleto ni lo contrario jajaja nooo ya basta de pedir jajaja
Quieres decir que debe tener cuerpo escultural, manos grandes, piel morena, que le guste la pasta, que le guste caminar, que sea buen asistente en todas las áreas de esto de asistir, ya sabes... que te sientas ampliamente asistida. Jajaja... ay. Muero de risa. Pero bueno que esto es serio. Que comparta tu visión del mundo y de la vida y que crea en el Universo. Seee... él está cerca. Ningún sueño es imposible. También debe ser buena persona, honesto, valiente. Y fuerte ya sabes, por si te cansas que te cargue. 🤣
jajajajaja que sea fuerte jajaja, que le guste la misma música... por las dudas que haya espectáculos de música, conciertos por ejemplo, las artesanías jajaja
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😃 Thank you!
That's good that it didn't cost you money.
Nice ride!
You saw that I kept the road bike. The ideal here, according to the road conditions, would be to have a hybrid, maybe in the future... because they are very expensive.
Thank you!
How is it that chocolate bee always seems to creep into your posts😄
It must be so nice to have a group of cycling buddies with you all the time, it makes the trip so much more fun.
What are you riding now you have sold your bike?
😂 And the fire too... but I didn't show that part and I left it for that other post I want to do hahahaha...
They are friends, the son of my neighbour, oh, look 😂 my neighbour who gives me chocolates, and the nephew of the other neighbour on the other side... apparently they have been inspired by this idea of cycling to enjoy Havana.
The first bike I bought was a mountain bike, but this one came along a while ago and it's much better. And I bought it... although I'm fond of things, I decided that I had to sell the first one. Having two bikes goes against my minimalist style.
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Eres impredecible, quien podía imaginar que estabas al otro lado de la Habana. Pero bonito recorrido y un lugar encantador. Un abrazo.🤗🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mamani mía... es que cuando me invitaron a ese bicicleteo ni siquiera lo pensé. Después de pasar 7 días en casa tomando antibióticos y mirando con tristeza a mis bicicletas ahí parqueadas... pensando solo en que la salud es lo más importante en mi vida. Ya sabes, hay que vivir el presente. Mañana no sabemos lo que pasará.
Te quiero mucho. Nos vemos pronto, tengo una idea.
Good morning @nanixxx. Very cool post, enjoyed it. There is a picture taken from the boat that I love. In that picture the sea has an incredible texture. Looking forward to that video.
Have a great day.
Good morning, @enraizar! 😋
How is the work going? The patients? Improvements?
Yes, the bike ride was out of the routine. However, there was no great sunset, what a pity! There were too many clouds.
The video.... I have to download everything and work on it and see what comes out.
Have a nice day and a good start of the week.
Hug!
I am more rested, thank you. It seems that the Christmas crisis is passing. But what is filling me up the most right now is that I am tutoring students at the university. I'm talking to one of them about publishing in Hive. I am quite happy. Little by little I am finding my place in my profession. Thanks for asking,
I'm waiting for the video. A big hug 🤗
I am glad to hear this. A big hug. I wish you well. 👋
A few hours later (excuse me) I will tell you that everything good that happens to you also happens to me. I also wish you all the best, a downpour of happiness.
Hasta mañana!! 🙂👋
🤗 gracias. Hasta mañana.
Hasta mañana!👋😃
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STOP¡Uy yo quiero maltica y pastel oriental, me uno a una aventura en bici si se consiguen cositas así de ricas en el camino! Hay que comprobar la existencia del tren, si esa loca que vive en ti cruzó en barco sin tener en cuenta el horario, facilmente puede llevarnos a pasear a Matanzas x'D.
¿Te quedaste sin bici o es que tienes varias?
Tenía dos, ahora solo una 🤓. Esa que ves allí en la foto sola, recostada a la baranda, porque yo estaba haciendo la foto.
Bueno, ven. 😄
Your walks are always beautiful and fun, the photos with so many details that make me want to be there, and walk through the same places...you always have a very fine humor... there is everything like in a pharmacy here.
It is always a pleasure to travel with you by bicycle.
Nota in espanish jaja:
De todo como en botica, no farmacia...😂😂😂
Gracias. Es que ese era el mood del domingo. Un Funny Sunday. Jajaja... Spanglish para ti.
Realmente fue un paseo divertido y sin planificación que salió muy bien.
Gracias @adaluna1973. 😄
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Amandaaa que nostalgia me dió ese recorrido, hace años no lo hago. Ahora es la vía rápida para cruzar la bahía 😐.
He ido en el tren de Hershey hasta Santa Cruz del norte 2 veces y el trayecto me encanta. El pueblo de Hershey era hermoso, pero eso debe estar destruído, me propondré seriamente volver a visitarlo. Sigue así, haciendo esas bicicletadas sin destino conocido 😜. Un abrazo.
¿Entonces ese tren funciona todavía? Hay que averiguar esto. En realidad tengo que volver a Casablanca porque para fotos está maravilloso el lugar. Muchas historias que tengo que descubrir allí y si mal no recuerdo hay un museo... 🧐
Bueno, besitos, Amanda. Gracias por pasar a visitarme virtualmente. Recogí platanitos maduros de mi patio, manda a quien te dije 🤣😄 para enviarte algunos. Chau.
Amandaaa no había visto este comentario...yo siempre igual 🤭. No sé si el tren seguirá funcionando, imagino que sí. Platanitos, qué rico!!!!
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