 These are my good friends Dominic and Dana and together we're going to ride bikes around western Cuba. Day one of the Cuban bicycle adventure and it is going to be an adventure. 100%. I was outside of Havana now we made it through the crazy city riding along the Malacone with the waves crashing boom boom boom oh man I was like I didn't think I was going to get wet today in that fashion thought the rain might do it but no we were soaking wet and we taste like we jumped in the ocean because we're all salty now we're looking at the map the maps that were made 15 years ago if we if we find those cells in a place we come very well see the sea definitely made a mistake out of the city and it feels so good and they're drinking water hey guys how are we feeling team great yeah the open road this is the Cuba I remember I didn't ride through Havana last time so that was a little hectic my face and everything I touch is deliciously sea salty still from the waves what do you say we guys go that way I gotta say this is by far the least amount of gear I've ever brought on a bike tour and it's really really freeing my bike I feel like I've forgotten a lot of stuff because it's so light but I don't have anything this right here is the Cuba I remember open roads beautiful beautiful beautiful hi guys hello team Cuba we are gonna ride along the coast today we're not sure exactly how far but I promised Dana that this would be a pretty leisurely bike tour so a max of 50 miles a day the tricky part about this bike ride is we have to end in towns that have houses that rent rooms because we have zero camping gear so we have to stop at a place where we can rent a room Dominic what's on the menu wow I mean what do you like there are some smoothies there's cheese and ham sandwiches and basically a variations on that thing chocolate so good like little ice chunks in it it's so cold and so cold we are in a small town right now called Marielle and we're getting a little snack because that's what you do in a bike tour you get to earn your snacks so we're gonna get some bread for the vegetarians bread and cheese and tomato he's gonna get harmonica so I got a smoothie baby a smoothie it's a good roadside snack I love it I love it so far Ryan thank you for bringing me to Cuba to ride my bicycle how you doing Dana and just like that foods are chill once again no more cars all I can hear is the wind flowing through the sugar cane that's the song of Cuba right there now in the little town of Cabanas so we're just gonna wander around and ask if anybody will rent their room to us because we're pretty friendly aren't we yeah we are and look at this church behind me look at that cool church I talked to the first woman I saw on the street always asked the mamas and she said follow me and so now uh we're following her to some sort of a house I love how in Cuba everybody just helps out like one person sees you asking for help and more people gather and then pretty soon half the community is in on the mission to help you find a room I love it I thought those sweet old ladies were gonna take us to somebody's house but this is like a full on hotel resort there's even a pool it doesn't have any water but there's still a pool and our room is our room is nice check this out look at this we got the beds going on we're all gonna sleep together it comes with the brush this room we got some nice old flowers it's in there oh is that sparkling water no that's beer that's beer Dana darn it you touch those you pay for it this is really cool we've been here five minutes we got into our room and then the guy's like it's time for food we're like what do you mean it's time for food he's like I have food for you and you gave us this amazing meal so here we go this is a great way to uh end an awesome day what do you say guys it's not the end of the day yet we have to explore the town first okay we got to explore the town this is just a snack yeah afternoon snack time not only do we have really yummy food but they have an old western movie on an old old tv i can't drink it all at once hello i'm trying to take video of what's going on here with this kid this wants to be in my camera you're so cute what's up buddy how do you love us how do you love my friend it's like kind of extreme sports multi activity afternoon we've got death trap go-kart behind me which uh oh and we got one of the main competitors here just uh on this subs bench just taking a break taking some water some camera action death trap go-kart you got girls basketball shooting behind me this little party started with like a couple kids on the sled now like all of the kids are around here and it's really hard to use my camera because they keep grabbing at it trying to see it which is great this is what it's all about i'm not here to get amazing shots i'm here to hang out with my homies come on these moments right here remind me so much of when i lived in Honduras for two years as a peace corps volunteer every single day i would round up all the kids from the neighborhood and we would just goof around and we would play with simple toys just like they're doing they have these little scooter cart things with rusty wheels and they push each other around and have the best time ever and brings back a lot of memories of the simple life back in Honduras what a great little town