Blogs from La Habana, Oeste, Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 31

Now back in Mexico and as Cuba had no internet connection (the Cubans are not permitted to use the internet unless they are performing some specific governmental task or studying and always need a license to use it) I wrote a diary to type up now and looking at what I´ve written this may end up as a bit of an epic but please feel free to skip the words and just look at the pictures! 17th June Our journey to Cuba started at 3.45am after an extremely wet evening during which I shivered my way through a piano concert after a 45 minute walk in torrential rain followed by an hour and a half in a 20minute taxi journey. After an unanounced aircraft change in Veracruz Anne and I made it to Cancun airport where ... read more

English After four months and a half we have finally got back home! We arrived at Venice airport safe, tanned, and thin (-5 kg Alvise, -2 kg Chiara). It was really strange to be back at Venice airport and listening to people speaking italian rather than spanish. Many feelings and thoughts are occupying our minds. We think we had a fantastic trip and met really interesting people, but actually we are happy to be at home after all this time. Of course, as soon as we arrived in Italy our first priority was guess what? Food!... anyway, before getting fat again, let’s update the blog about our last stop: Cuba. 'Vamos bien!' These are the first words we read on an advertisement, as soon as we arrived in Cuba, while going by taxi from the airport ... read more

oh yes, we made it through the costums and into cuba, even though i (hilde) got stopped and had to empty my purse completly, and the poor lady had to look at all my crap. Anne M has finally delivered her paper, on time, and even though we got held up one extra day in La Habana because of that, we can't complain, cause Havana is very nice in it's own special way. we love the old cars, hate the old (poopy) smell. still warm, all the old skin is peeled off, and we're ready for some cuban beaches, colonial Trinidad, and cigars... CUBA LIBRE, no es facil... hilde y anne m PICRTURES from La Habana will appear when Ante gets home to norway and uploads some. these are from Trinidad... read more

Writing this one up slightly out of order, as there´s still plenty more to come from Cuba, just so I can put up some fidel pics!! Well, first things first, the beard survives!!! I arrived in the Plaza at around 8.30am. The man himself was already in full swing, ranting against Georgey W, and praising his new bestest friends Hugo and Eva. The huge crowd, of mainly young people dressed in red T-shirts carrying various slogans, were loving it, and waving their little paper flags vigorously at appropriate moments. Somehow I managed to squeeze myself into an excellent position directly infront of old Fidel, literally standing on the covered cables leading to/from his mic. Except at the particular point where I was, they weren´t actually covered. I resisted the temptation to cut the cables, shout out ... read more

So, here I am after all this time. The most important place on my trip. The place I´ve wanted to go for so long. The place I´ve been so excited about... Cuba!!! Well, the day I arrived, it rained. They´ve been starting to have water shortages there´s been so little, but the day I arrived, BAM!!!! Only place I´ve been so far that didn´t have an unusual amount of falling wet stuff was Santiago in Chile (and I guess Iguazu!). It´s almost like it´s followed me from home... Ne´er mind. Well, I had a little walk around my local area of Vedado anyway. I´ve read a lot about the hassle you can get here as a tourist, from people who want to sell you dodgy rum or cigars, blah blah blah. Well, there really wasn´t any ... read more