I was sorry to leave Havana - it's a great city and I certainly felt there was a lot more to see and do and I would like to go back one day. Next day we had an early start with lots of travelling - we left Havana and headed for Trinidad via Santa Clara.
Our first stop in Santa Clara was El Monumento Che Guevara - basically a monument, mausoleum and museum of Che Guevara. Che is burried under the monument and you are led through the tomb where he is buried with 17 others killed in a failed revolutionary attempt in Bolivia, past an eternal flame and into the museum which tells his life story with pictures and various artefacts.
From here we headed into Santa Clara town where we stopped for a coffee and ice cream after looking around the square. Following this Alberto walked us down to La Toma Del Tren Blindado where on December 29 1958 Che Guevara and his men derailed a military train with a bulldozer and some Molotov cocktails - it was said to be the battle which signalled the end to Batista's rule and allowed Castro to take power. We looked around the boxcar museum then got back on the bus to go to lunch at a place called Villa la Granjita, which is part of a nice holiday park that is popular with the Cubans. After lunch we continued our journey to Trinidad.
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