Enjoying the Cuban Countryside From a Slow Train

“There are the moments I love most often when traveling: the gentle, rhythmic jolt of train wheels on rails; the long, mournful blast on the locomotive’s whistle way up ahead; the feeling of being taken inexorably on a journey, heading somewhere new, yet moving slowly enough to have time to take in the changes along the way.” Frank Gardiner It seems that everything moves slowly in Cuba. That’s a big reason why I liked visiting there so much…….And riding through the countryside on a slow train gives your mind time to really engage with what you are experiencing! The opening quote by Frank Gardiner epitomizes the train journey I took several years ago through the sugar cane fields of central Cuba. I found this quote on a post from a British photographer and world traveler who has a blog that I follow on WordPress. I’m grateful for her permission to borrow it. The “Valle de los Ingenios Azucareros” translates as the “Valley of the Sugar Cane Mills”. You can board the train at the city of…