26 October 2008
Eating in Cuba
This is a very slanted view of eating in Cuba. Things in Cuba aren't cheap … but because of that there are a couple… Posted by Alex Chan on Thursday, November 6, 2008
26 October 2008
Paradise Island
We left Havana at 1515 flying back to Nassau where we caught up with the sights we didn’t do last stopover. Specifically we were off to the resort and casino on Paradise Island which was across the bridge from Nassau. We had seen it from afar when we passed through Nassau on the way to […]
26 October 2008
Leaving Cuba
Cubans and Habaneros We left Vinales yesterday afternoon at 1400, returning to Havana around 1730 for our final night in Cuba. It’s now time for us to leave Cuba. Those who know me will know that I love to stereotype people! Not in a nasty sense but I just want to give you snippets of Cuban […]
24 October 2008
Up a horse’s backside
After a night’s stay in Havana, we departed at 0900 for an overnight trip to Vinales, about 3h30 hours by bus away from Havana. Text continues after this gallery. The village is set amongst karst mountains. It’s good for rockclimbing, walks and horse-treks. We were met upon arrival by our Casa host who promptly […]
23 October 2008
Running after the bus to Havana!
We travelled from Santa Clara to Havana today for an overnight, to continue to Vinales the next morning. The journey of nearly 4h was not entirely uneventful. We checked-in at the bus station early but the lady didn’t want to issue the ticket straight away (even though we had reservations). I think she wanted to […]
22 October 2008
Eternal flame
Santa Clara is the home of the monument and mausoleum of Che Guevara. The city and its surroundings is also where key events in the revolution took place, eg. in 1958, Che and his men manage to derail the Batista government’s heavily armoured train carrying troops. The monument and mausoleum seems to be a focal […]
21 October 2008
Visiting Che
Today we took the 1445 bus from Trinidad to Santa Clara, the home of the monument and mausoleum of Che Guevara. However, Che is everywhere in Cuba … including the bus station in Trinidad. The journey time was about 3h30 and we got to Santa Clara around dinner time. We had booked a guesthouse online […]
20 October 2008
Our first hustler experience, second-hand
We spent the day swimming and basking at Ancon Beach today, a short drive away from Trinidad. We grabbed a sandwich at a shack on the beach … as it was very reasonably priced, we gave our recommendation to the Spanish guy sitting near us. Off he went to the shack too … but a […]
19 October 2008
Trinidad, but not Tobago
After a 2 night stay in Sancti Spiritus we moved on. Our next major destination was Santa Clara but I had planned for an intermediate night stop at Trinidad for two nights. Besides being a lovely town, it is also close to Playa Ancon where we could have a day on the beach. It would […]
18 October 2008
Mr Bean joins our vacation
After a walk around Sancti Spiritus, we realised that there wasn’t much to do. So we decided to catch a movie … Los Vaccaciones de Mr Bean. Movies are subsidised here so it cost us about USD0.05 per person. There was only one other person in the large cinema and the movie (DVD actually) was […]