Cojimar

Driving west of Cuba East:

To travel to the Cuban capital and the rest of the country, which is in eastern Cuba, and always by the coast, after leaving Cayo Levisa, take the highway to Havana by the north coast the prettiest of all, where monotony is almost nonexistent as the road passes through many small villages. Shortly before reaching the town of Bahia Honda we are already in a coastal segment of the road different fragments left behind.

No more you will find keys, mangroves and coastal bass lines, but on the contrary, high side lines, where mangroves do not grow and islets are no longer present. It is the second segment of the north coast which extends almost to Varadero . The road to Havana is entertaining and enjoyable, alomng the northern coast, and the blue waters of the Straits of Florida, which is always visible.

When you ask a Cuban addresses the word "directs" should be used with caution. In Cuba, Oriente many do not refer only to five easternmost provinces of the island, Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo, those in the former Cuban political - administrative division consists of the former province Oriente. Therefore, in common parlance, it's best to ask for directions using the names of provinces instead of the cardinal points.

In City of Havana, you can stay in one of the many hotels available Havana to visit one of the groups of beach around the capital. They are commonly known as the Playas del Oeste (western beaches) and the beaches of Playas del Este (Eastern Becher) or the North Coast Havana, in reference to its host city or province.

The former are often rocky and narrow beaches, deep and next to new hotels in Havana. These are not continuous, but are formed by segments interrupted by groups of rocky coastline. They are bordered by urbanization. In some of them, in a marine atmosphere is breathed and it is common to see small boats in the rivers that run through them. This is the case of Playa Jaimanitas, and a little lower, the range of Baracoa. Others like Viriato and beaches Marianao, not very well known, are mainly used by small neighbors close by urbanization. These are not popular and basically visited by very small groups.

Very different is the case of the Playas del Este or the Northern beaches. These form a continuous space of sand, with water depths mainly low and the rivers that Connect can be easily crossed. The best example is probably the Boca Ciega Justiz river or stream, which can be crossed with a bank to his knees in the water from a lagoon system for the east coast.

The beaches of the region receive different names and are all crossed by small rivers. West to east, you can find Becah Cojimar, crossed by the river of the same name and gives the origin, just before reaching the coast, a deep canyon to reach the sea due to the fact that in coast north are the hills known as the Habana - Matanzas heights.

Unfortunately, this river is somewhat contaminated although plans exist for its purification. In this site is the town that bears the same name from the river and its beach, Cojimar, celebrates after being immortalized by the American writer Ernest Hemingway in his novel "The Old Man and the Sea". Clearly a place to visit here is the museum of Finca La Vijia, farmhouse situated right next to Hemingway in San Francisco.