This year's heat has broken records in thermometers around the world, and from Cuba I can tell you that never in my life have I felt a more brutal summer than this one. Without going into details, nor investigating the real causes of this uncontrolled temperature, I can assure you that there are places with kinder microclimates within the hell created by the so-called climate change. And this weekend I spent it in one of those paradises.
This fantastic place is called Soroa - named after the Basque surname of a former owner of coffee plantations in the area - and it is only an hour and a half's drive from Havana. As a protected national park, in my opinion, it is not well enough taken care of. But as a space for an encounter with nature that demonstrates its resilience, it is worth it to me.
We were four women who wanted to take a break from the city and from housework and family chores. With desires to take a bath in forests and rivers that was fulfilled one hundred percent. With the desire to breathe oxygen, feel the fresh air under centenary trees, listen to the singing of birds and the fluttering of hundreds of butterflies. We were able to do and feel everything, but in express mode, only two days are not enough to detoxify the body and mind of so much Havana heat.
Climbing up to the viewpoint -the highest and closest mountain-, from where you can see the southern coast of the province of Artemisa on clear days and enjoy a trail full of endemic species of the area, can be a hard but very rewarding task. Achieving the ascent, which is not Everest 😜😂, provokes a lot of happiness just for the fact of living 30 minutes walking among "expert musicians in their instrument" 😁. I am referring to birds like the Cartacuba, the Sinsonte, the Tocororo, the Woodpecker and others that I can't remember, there are about 80 endemic species that inhabit this mountains full of forests and good animals that are not dangerous to humans.
We slept in the hamlet of Soroa, in very comfortable and beautiful cabins in the house of a plastic artist named Jesus Gastell. He and his family have been in Soroa for many years doing projects with the community, developing creativity with the children in school, and educating people about ecology. In his yard alone there were more than 50 varieties of orchids. You can imagine!
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It was hot and sweaty on those wooded trails, walking to the waterfall or up to the towering lookout point that touched the clouds. But my most lucid experience this weekend was to corroborate that we need more trees, lots of trees...every possible space should have trees. We humans have given ourselves the task of arranging nature according to our convenience or as we see fit, making gardens, which although beautiful, are sometimes very absurd. We only need trees and arrange our lives, architectures and infrastructures according to the trees and not the other way around. The heat we felt on the trails was a gentle heat, the result of the effort of the hike or the climb up a hill. As soon as I sat down, I drank water, refreshed myself and recovered with renewed energy. In the city I stay sweltering and recovery is just a sham.
My thanks to the forest, our natural habitat. The source of food and medicine. The factory of oxygen and water. The paradise of diversity and balance. The place I will be returning to again and again, and who knows if one day I might even stay there forever.
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The climate is changing drastically, I think we should do our best to save our planet before we have to pay to live on Mars
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Titi, que lugar ta bonito. Ilumíname los caminos para que acabe,o empiece, en un lugar como ese. 😍
Vamos para allá !!!...
Y viven artistas !!! 🕯️☀️🌕
Seguro.😍✨
Si no cuidamos la vegetación, nos probaremos de lugares tan hermosos y el climas será cada día más rebelde. Cuidense
Así mismo...
Waoooo fuiste a donde Gastel! Muy interesante ese viaje... naturaleza, arte y energía!!! Belleza pura
Yessssss... Amazing your art gallery, your patio, your family. We barely slept between visiting nature and artistic gatherings 😁.
Siiii... Increíble su galería de arte, su patio, su familia. Apenas dormimos entre visitar naturaleza y tertulias artísticas 😁
Son personas muy especiales, los conozco de Candelaria... @nanixxx y yo tenemos raíces ahí jajajja 😁🥰
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Que hermoso paisaje! me encantan los viajes al aire libre. Saludos desde venezuela🫶🏻✨👋🏻
I can already imagine the immense amount of beautiful places that Venezuela has !!!! 🙏 Thank you !!!!
Ya puedo imaginar la inmensa cantidad de sitios hermosos que tiene Venezuela !!!! 🙏 Gracias !!!!
I feel that it is a great privilege to have these springs close to where we live, and wao here also has felt a nightmare climate change and even more because one day very hot and the next an impressive rain and so it is every other day. I'm glad you were able to enjoy even if it was only two days, it's good to have friends for all kinds of plans, a pleasure to read you.
Thank you friend, indeed; at this point if we do not take action we are going to see a very ugly future. Now I am grateful to be able to enjoy what is left of beauty and move hearts to conserve them. 🤗❤️🏵️
Que bonita experiencia , en contacto con la naturaleza, que lindos paisajes 👋❤️
You have to go, and only an hour and a bit from Havana. Paradise on earth, you who love flowers so much, you will arrive to a feast of orchids everywhere. 🥂🤗
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Hay que ir, y a solo una hora y poco de la Habana. El paraíso en la tierra, a ti que te gustan tanto las flores, llegaras a una fiesta de orquídeas por doquier. 🥂🤗
Uyyy que bonito , debo ir , se ve un hambiente super natural , imagino que lo pasaste genial , me gustaría mucho ir 💚
What a desire to be under that waterfall right now! What a beautiful place.
Cheers
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You have to go, and only an hour and a bit from Havana. Paradise on earth, you who love flowers so much, you will arrive to a feast of orchids everywhere. 🥂🤗
Si, es como el resumen del paraíso que son estás islas caribeñas. A pesar de que hay que ponerle más cuidado y atención para su preservación, aún conserva el equilibrio que está tierra bendita nos regaló...
Abrazo enorme !!!
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Hermana, ¡qué maravilla!
What a genius!!!
Que sí que sí, que eres genial, y es muy cierto lo que dices, necesitamos árboles, respirar frescura, y paz. Estas masas de concreto caliente, son el resultado de tanta estupidez humana. ¡Y nos creemos sabios!
Soroa es un paraíso y yo no lo he disfrutado tanto, a pesar de mi cercanía. Una verdadera pena. Espero solucionar esto.
😁 It literally looked like a concert full of instruments of all kinds. There were even bugs that gave chords. The girl who accompanied us is a musician, with an absolute ear and she told us the notes of each sound. How they responded! An amazing planet they gave us !!!!
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😁 literalmente parecía un concierto lleno de instrumentos de toda índole. Habían hasta bichos que daban acordes. La niña que nos acompañaba es músico, con oído absoluto y nos decía las notas de cada sonido. Cómo respondían !!! Una pasada el planeta que nos regalaron !!!
What a nice trip Sari surely a good break from the stress of the city to return with replenished energy and a clear mind.
I would have stayed a month, really. Forest and good internet connection. What more to ask for!
As soon as you can, visit this paradise, you will thank me!!!!
Me hubiese quedado un mes, la verdad. Bosque y buena conexión a internet. Que más pedir !!!
En cuanto puedas, haz la visita a este paraíso, me lo vas a agradecer !!!
Very decant place to visit. I love the waterfall view. I would to spending my whole week to be there!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience 🙂
Thanks to you ! I was looking forward to spending a month. The water of the waterfall very fresh and clean. The birds singing and the butterflies dancing. Amazing !!!
Que ricura, SOROA es un EDEN
El Edén !!!....
No se puede llamar de otra manera, pido todas las fuerzas de universo para que se conserve. Muchas gracias !!!!🙏
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We have to go together, I missed places to visit and experiences to live !!!!
Tenemos que ir juntas, me faltaron sitios que visitar y experiencias que vivir !!!