After the El Cobre tour, the tour operator decided to drive us around Santiago de Cuba. While this sounds like a good way to see some sites around town, what we really preferred to do was stay in El Cobre, find a bakery and barista, hang out on the town square, drink some coffee, listen to more music. Oh well, while this tour had bright spots, overall, we'd give it a B- for leaving where we should have stayed.
In any event, we did get some nice photos of sites around Santiago de Cuba--lots of military monuments (some complete with battle scars), San Juan Hill, a monument to Che at the last spot he spoke in town, the Bacardi family home, the largest cultural center/theater in all of Cuba, classic architecture, everyday street scenes. Here's what we found...
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