16th November, 2010
Day 3 of riding of our Cuban challenge. Today’s ride was supposed to be an easier day to prepare ourselves for the following days of intense cycling. But it turned out to be a bit tougher than expected, perhaps because of the speed at which we did the final ride.
Had another fantastic breakfast at our hotel – Rancho Luna (Club Amigo) and departed at around 8:30 from the hotel and made our way towards the historic and beautiful city of Cienfuegos.
The ride towards the city was an easy 10 mile ride, quite flat and downhill. However the highlight of the ride were a group of young (school perhaps) girls riding the other way, saw us and turned back and joined us. There were obviously quite fit and had proper road bikes and caught up to us in no time. Some of them even fancied a grab or a grope rather of our very own resident Dj’s back side, who as usual was completely unfazed by what was happening around him, tried to slap their back sides, but stopped at the last moment. But it was indeed a moment to cherish.
Reached Cienfuegos square around mid morning, and spent around an hour visiting the nearby shops and museums.
Proceeded towards bahla de Cienfuegos – a reservoir in the city. Went in for a quick swim before the non stop return journey towards Rancho Luna. Back in time for lunch, and spend the afternoon at the hotel. There was a quick game of pool volleyball between the boys and Mark and his girls – needless to say the boys won with a resounding victory, although the girls did put up a good fight, or rather we let them think that way in any case :P
Amilio cracked up with a ‘Sho the Munkhey..’ joke – another highlight of the day..
Dinner was followed by a salsa night at Club Amigos. Was intense fun but we were advised to rest well before a tough and intense day the next day.
Stats for the day:
Total distance: 45 KM
Difficulty factor: 5
Saddle soreness factor: 5
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