This is another place we stayed in Cuba for one night.
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This is the flat preview of the panorama.
For the interactive 360 in-the-round version use this link:
http://pnr.ma/cdItak
This place is Restaurant Río Negro in Cuba. You can only get there by boat and it has no road access even for the staff. The restaurant is run by Hotel Hanabanilla, about 14km farther along the lake, but naturally it has road access.
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This is where we left most of our gear and departed in our kayaks with only a light overnight bag. I say "bag" but we were in fact using waterproof kayaking dry bags to store our gear to keep it dry. The restaurant is not actually equipped for overnight accommodations so we were glamping, by special arrangement. There are several thatched roof shelters so we each picked a spot that looked good to bed down for the night. Some foam mattresses and blankets had been specially brought in for us, but no pillows.
We had 2/3 staff people at our disposal: a cook, a bar tender, and another guy who was perhaps the caretaker whose primary job seemed to be turning on the generator for a while when it got dark. There was no electricity there for the kitchen. They used gas I think. The electricity was mainly used for staff to clean up after the meal if it was getting dark, but they left the lights on a little longer than usual for our benefit. Lights out at 10pm.
The biggest shelter is the restaurant seating area. There is a bar and a bandstand and a few small roofed areas that could be bar seating.
Fabi & I stayed under the bandstand roof.
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This is looking into the area from stage right.
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This is where we slept. Unfortunately I didn't photograph our bedding when it was set up since it was dark. We never saw a single biting insect while we were there. We saw butterflies, etc., during the day.
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The restaurant at breakfast. The guy with the toque is our Canadian guide, who was wearing it just to show he was prepared for anything. The next day we paddled onwards to another amazing place and the last night we stayed at Hotel Hanabanilla.