On the longest travel day- about 7 hours in the car – we stop for lunch in Bayamo- on the way from Camaguey to Santiago de Cuba. Cuba is 1,200km long from east to west… with bad roads sometimes it makes for long car days!!
Bayamo is known for two reasons- it is where the Cuban national anthem was sung for the first time, in the church just off the square and is the birthplace of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes
Another quick side trip before reaching Santiago was the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity El Cobre …. Set on top of a hill, close to the copper mines and is where Cubans pay homage to the Patroness of their country. The colour yellow is used with gifts of sunflowers and people often wearing yellow.
