Friday, August 3rd, 2007...9:07 pm
Pons
Pons is a lovely rural pueblito which is home to about 1500 folks, amongst which is my friend Katiuska and her family. Pons spans the road from Pinar del Rio to Minas de Matahambre and on to Caya Jutias, the finest beach I’ve visited.
The town, surrounded by agricultural pursuits and home to a lumber mill, is lush with vegetation, as if the town were one big garden, through which chickens, turkeys, and an occasional pig range.
The yards around the houses in Pons are considerably larger than those found attached to homes in the larger cities, as I suppose one would expect, and typically include a variety of fruit trees and coffee bushes. Few houses, however, include vegetable gardens. There are fields of Malanga, corn, and other crop; but few domestic gardens.
A ten minute walk down the lane behind Katiuska’s house is a fine swimming hole, complete with cascades and rocks from which to jump into a wonderfully clean river.
The swim provided cool relief from the hot, humid afternoon.
Kicking Calvin in Playa Baracoa.
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