Back from Puerto Escondido – Memories Along the Way

I’ve put together a short video with some moments from our return journey from Puerto Escondido, in Mayabeque province, back to Havana. In my previous post I mentioned I was over there.

It was a beautiful trip with wonderful company. These friends, besides enjoying great music, having loads of fun and being adventurous, also care deeply about the environment.

In Puerto Escondido we were told that rubbish collection by the local government was quite a serious issue, among many others that could be solved with a bit of will… but anyway, that’s another story. So we decided to carry all our waste—cans, plastic bags, disposable containers and so on—until the first stop where we could properly dispose of it in a bin. In the video you can see that when we stopped at a place called Las Palmeritas, near Arcos de Canasí, we fulfilled our mission.

It’s sad to see how many people visiting that paradise, full of history and curiosities at every step, are careless when it comes to protecting the environment. Puerto Escondido, precisely, is one of those places that invite reflection, admiration of nature’s beauty and surrender to its magic, because it’s a protected area, rich in biodiversity, with landscapes so breathtaking they leave you speechless.

Music by Dmitrii Kolesnikov from Pixabay

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