{"id":6274,"date":"2019-01-05T21:34:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T02:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/?page_id=6274"},"modified":"2025-06-29T12:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T16:52:52","slug":"cuba-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/cycling-travels\/cycling-caribbean\/cuba-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An overview of our proposed cycling itinerary.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-19569\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base  envira-lazy-loading-disabled envira-layout-blogroll\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div class=\"envira-loader\"><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div data-envira-id=\"19569\" 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Right after our return from a six month cycling in New Zealand and Australia, Jenny was adamant about enjoying a \u201cstay-cation\u201d for sometime. She was clearly not ready to entertain another cycling adventure but after a few months rest at home, she slowly warmed up to the idea of going south for a 3 month cycling adventure in Cuba over the winter months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were no strangers to Cuba as we had previously completed short, one and two weeks, cycling trips to Cuba. This time, our proposed 3-month time-frame would offer us the opportunity to undertake a grand cycling tour of the island &#8211; while hopefully providing us ample beach time to rest along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We discovered sometime ago that Cuba was a very unique country offering both traveling challenges and rewards. As part of our trip preparation, we\u2019ve attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/cubachallenges\/\">to mitigate the challenges<\/a> associated with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1) the limited access to internet<br>\n2) the limited sources of food supplies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=====<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Status:&nbsp; Completed itinerary between Jan 7th and April 6th 2019.&nbsp; &nbsp;Distance cycled:&nbsp; 3 697 kms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/cycling-travels\/cycling-caribbean\/cuba-2019\/cycling-distances-and-accommodations\/\">Summary of actual cycling distances and accommodations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunflowerit.ca\/travel\/cycling-travels\/cycling-caribbean\/cuba-2019\/internet-detox\/\">Go to first post of Cuba 2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An overview of our proposed cycling itinerary. 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