Cuba Day 9 - Vinales

Yesterday I asked around the tourist centers and found there is a bus tour. I got a brochure and it says it goes to places like the cave, the cigar factory, some horse back riding, some hiking, ...etc. Sounds like a fantastic deal. I got up early in the morning and arrived at the bus station. I hopped on the bus for $5 and the bus started to drive around different spots. We went to the rock painting, the Indio cave, one of the hotel look out points. They are all not bad. Very good for photo taking. However after that, the bus started to going back to the same spots. With my limited Spanish, I can only follow other Spanish speaking tourists, but they were also confused. At the end, we found out those were all the spots the bus will go. It just keep on looping until the end of the day. With heads scratching, we got off, it was only noon. I then decided to take the short hike up to the La Emila hotel. Was planning to swim there but the pool was too small for too many people. But the view is fantastic, overlooking the mountains and the small town. I bought a coffee and sat down. Such is life in Vinales, just relax, watching the curious-looking mountain shapes, the clouds and blue sky, watching the village lives go by, the chickens running around freely, the people walking by ever so slowly, just enjoy the calmness of village life.