Playas del Este - don't go there unless you're into surfing

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After three days in Havana we made our way towards Playas del Este in a rental car. This is a beach area supposedly close to the capital. Although nearby, it was surprisingly hard to find for a beach town 25 kilometers away. You would think that all you have to do is follow the beach line and signs. Unfortunately, the beach line was invisible behind the maze of Havana streets and the signs had become extinct in the seventies, so we were left to the mercy of maps. That’s just slightly better than navigating with rolling dice or tasseography (using coffee grinds to know the way ahead). Maps were in severe conflicts with the reality - as I guess is the government of the country.

Perseverance lead us to the beach of Playas del Este and we discovered that the sea was the only local sight. The only other really exciting thing was the strange toaster-looking apparatus attached to the shower mixer that heated the water from cold to lukewarm. Operating this poorly isolated device with a wet hand gave one a nice rush of adrenaline that made you even more awake than the shower itself.

Perseverance lead us to the beach of Playas del Este and we discovered that the sea was the only local sight.