Headed to Santa Clara to learn all about Mr Ernesto Guevara. The monument to the revolutionary hero was absolutely huge, and featured this statue of him as well as columns explaining his trajectory and his final letter to Castro. The museum was really interesting although it included nothing about how he died. The mausoleum was really atmospheric, with plants and a campfire structure to evoke his guerrilla past. Che’s remains were marked with a carving of his face, as were the collection of comrades’ positioned around him.
Our guesthouse completed the adventure perfectly, as apparently Che stayed here when he visited his then-girlfriend Aleida before they became married. The guesthouse also had a stunning garden patio in which we spent our evenings after sourcing a guitar. We tried the countryside stew called ajiaco and yet again found ourselves at a late-nighty icecream cafe (Cubans loooove them!).
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