Blogs from Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 104

I did mean to write this up as soon as it happened as it was so fascinating .. but obviously here I am trying to remember it 2 weeks later. We arrived into Havana and picked up some transport from the airport .. we were meant to being picked up but that failed to materialise so we found a guy who had a van who was leaving immediately and not trying to rip us off ... some people were asking $25 per person but we managed to get into town for $20 for both of us. The guy who was driving had a couple of other people to pick up and drop off so we got to see bits of Havana that we probably wouldn't have otherwise seen. The thing that struck me most was how ... read more

lo que sea.-... that is what the cubans say....whatever... yesterday we had our first taste of REAL cuban life. well, kindof... we awoke in beautiful vinales and headed out on our bikes on a gorgeous ride down to the nearest city...pinar del rio... the ride was short and did not take much time... we were preparing to make our first real adventure...hitchhiking with our bikes back to havana...with hopes that we would return quickly and get ourselves across the country with our bikes to that we can cycle the granma and santiago de cuba provinces before returning. well, first stop the bus stop... we ask, any trucks heading out to havana today...possibly we could jump on back with our bikes? nope! so....we ride out to the autopista..(don´t picture route 80 here)...we´re talking more like a road ... read more

Hi guys Just wanted to update you guys on the trip so far. The internet cafe´s have been few and far between and the connections have been super slow. We´ll see if the blog works out. Terrie, I hope your trip back to Oz was good. We´ve been in Cuba a week now. We spent our first 2.5 days in Havana getting oriented, seeing sights, and riding around the city. We then left Havana on the 5th and road 50 miles west to Las Terrazas a town on a lakeside forest reserve, beautiful spot. The next day we rode southwest to San Diego de los Banos a cuban ¨spa¨ town, the town was beautiful but the spa was old and sulphury smelling. We stayed at a farmhouse 2kms out of town. On the 7th we rode ... read more

Been there, done that in 2006.... read more

Sorry guys for having taken so long to send further news of Cuba. I had typed it twice and lost it... twice! It is taking a lot of courage to get on it again (I had written a little thing about dancing in cuba in the meanwhile trying to get it published with Ted´s photos through his contact AND I´ve just been away from civilization visiting waterfalls). But there it is, the continuation of my trip in Cuba (very vey briefly typed), this time with Ted and a rent-a-car for a week driving from Santiago de Cuba all the way back to Havana City (more than 1000 kms). 15 Oct Tues: Santiago de Cuba: Huge breakfast! with tomatoes! Yeah! (It’s a case of appreciating the things you get to miss.) Casia Trovia: Dancers with men doing ... read more