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Playita de Cajobabo

TIME : 2016/2/18 9:35:04

Cajababo's main beach is stony and flanked by dramatic cliffs, but nonetheless makes a good snorkeling spot. Folllow the road at its far end over a headland and the asphalt deadends at another beach. Walk east along this beach for 400m and you'll come to a boat-shaped monument commemorating the spot where José Martí landed in 1895 to launch the Second War of Independence.

Martí and Gómez arrived in a rowing boat with four others at 10pm on the night of April 11th. The disembarkation served as inspiration for Fidel Castro's subsequent landing in Granma 61 years later.