Steven’s Cuba Blog

Santa Clara, Che Guevara and cops

September 7, 2005 at 12:37 pm | In Villa Clara |

After 200km from Matanzas, I’m in Santa Clara - the town where Che Guevara fought his last battles against Batista’s forces.

I visited his memorial and grave, where security is “very” tight. No cameras, no phones, no electronic devices allowed. They took down my passport number and asked me questions for 15 minutes before letting me in.

Upon arriving here, I immediately took a liking to the city - few tourists, lots of people and tons of beautiful girls. One could be forgiven for thinking that Santa Clara is composed entirely of finely sculpted young women.

In Matanzas, I visited the local Joven Club de Electronica y Computacion, where they are transitioning from Windows to Linux, and spoke to a young 8 year old boy who was doing his Linux Syntax Homework.

I still can’t upload pics from here. I will try again in Cienfuegos (70km) or Trinidad next week.