Gibara: basic guide for beginners in Cuba’s most beautiful town
Several months ago I went to Gibara, in the Eastern province of Holguin and I found a strange corner at the entrance of a bay surrounded by mountains. Though I didn’t find out why people call it the White Village, it seems it has to do with the typical food of the place: seafood. I got there not knowing where toeat, stay or how to move around the town. In Havana I left many friends looking forward for my return to learn about my experiences and make easier their trip to the Low-Budget Film Festival in April. So I asked about everything I needed to know not just to satisfy the inner curiosity of every journalist but to tell my friends all about it. There are several choices to travel to Holguin: by plane, bus or train. Once there, you have to look for the children’s park from where cars leave for Gibara for 20 Cuban pesos and in half an hour you get there. In this village, founded in 1817, the sea and the air come together and no other element is more important. “Here the swell is common mostly throughout the year, just like now, you see?” That...