The steam train to the Valle de los Ingenios (Valley of Sugarmills) is painfully slow. As we pass field after field of sugar cane the soot billows into the first carriage forcing most of the passengers to retreat to the rear carriage.
Our main stop is Manaca Iznaga, an estate purchased in 1795 by the dastardly Pedro Iznaga who became one of the wealthiest men in Cuba by trafficking slaves.
A 44-foot watchtower overlooks the sugar cane fields where the slaves were closely watched.
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