Blogs from Varadero, Oeste, Cuba, Central America Caribbean

Hola de Cuba! Days in Cuba: 2 Diego Luna spotted: not as of yet. But hope still remains. ------------------------------------- Ah, the balmy, balmy weather of an island nation. I look outside, and well... yeah, not much sun to be had. We in Varadero are currently experiencing an unmistakeable amount of Rain. We're not talking a drizzle here: this morning started off with a monsoon-like sheet of water that can only be found outside of North America; the sky opening up, and tropic thunder raineth forth; you step outside, and you fear a concussion type of weather. The kind of thing where you're left gasping and ringing out every item of clothing, and cars struggle through puddles that are the size of, well, cars. While this might bum out my travel mates, I seem to find myself ... read more

Blog vrienden,blog familie en aanhangbloggers, Zoals het er naar uit ziet wordt dit de laatste blog vanuit Montreal, Canada aangezien we voor 15 feb. 2010 het sneeuwwitte canada moeten verlaten omdat ons werkvisum dan ophoudt geldig te zijn. Maar ik denk dat ik voor ons beide kan spreken dat het 2 fantastische jaren zijn geweest waar we nog lang op terug kunnen kijken! Als ik dit zo schrijf realiseer ik me pas hoe definitief het eigelijk is en bedenk me dat er toch wel veel dingen zijn die ik van hier ga missen. Om dat het nu of nooit gevoel ons niet met rust wilde laten hebben we de stoute schoenen aangetrokken en hebben we ons getrakteerd op 2 super uitstapjes als eerste Dogsledding dit vond plaats op ongeveer 2 uur rijden van Montreal in de ... read more

Hi This was a second time to Cuba, same resort, same great time, this time 2 weeks. We found we were treat much better a second time around, not that we were treat bad the first time, we did do more walking around town and spend more time in Havana, we we went to a baseball game there this time and also went to Al Capones villa, now a restaurant, we would say try it, food is ok but location is beautiful. For other info check previous blog:)... read more

hola from the gang in CUBA. Well we're here in Cuba drinking free drinks of all sorts, soking in the sun and making bus trips to la Habana. However it was a Meg and Chris way to get here. I'll start with our trip from North Bay to Barrie to Toronto to Cuba all in the same night/morning. So Meg and I got a late start out of North Bay and ended up leaving at around 11 pm to try and get to Barrie in time to catch the van service from Jacobs house to Pearson. Lets just say we made it on time at 3am after really bad rain and some thick fog. So right from the car to the van we got on the way to Toronto to catch a 6am flight out. The ... read more

I just got back from Varadero Monday Jan 26 and have to spead the word to anyone that will listen!!!! I have always heard good things about Cuba and I love the Caribbean so figured I would try it out this year. BIG MISTAKE!!! I travel as often as I can to anywhere I can so I have learned not to have too many expectations unless I have already been there and know what to expect. I love learning about other cultures and am pretty openminded. That being said I would like to share this completely disappointing exprience with you in hopes others may be better prepared than me if they decide to take the chance to travel to Barcelo's Marina Palace in Varadero, Cuba. Here i'll list a few things that we found completely unacceptable ... read more

Saturday, Nov 8. The flights out of Chicago to Seattle then to Vancouver went without a hitch, though I was sure I'd go through some level of interrogation by customs regarding my visa status. You see I'm only allowed to be out of a job for a maximum of 10 days before I have to leave the country and since I was "let go" in early October, I was already overstaying my welcome. I arrived at Vancouver airport at 5pm and the flight to Cuba was scheduled for 10pm. My good mate Daliha saved me from a few hours of boredom by coming early and we caught up on some goss over a few pre-holiday drinks. Slowly, the rest of the crew (all 50 or so of us) started arriving but computers were down which delayed ... read more

Hi everyone Well after flying to Havana via Paris we arrived in Varadero, northern Cuba having been introduced to the efficiency of the Cuban bus system (reservation?? what reservation?!). We gave up on the bus and eventually arrived in a taxi, 2 hour journey cost us about 30 quid - bargain! We´ve since been relaxing in the sun in Varadero and we´re going back to Havana to explore properly tomorrow now we´ve recovered from the jet lag and pre travelling nights out!! This is possibly the slowest internet connection in the world, so will update more with pictures - the sunsets are amazing, when we are technologically enabled! A&T x... read more