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Erlebnisse der ersten Woche
Published: November 5th 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Oeste » Varadero
November 5th 2006
Hallo,.. Das Leben hier in Kuba ist einfach super. Wir haben uns schon daran gewoehnt. Es waere auch ein Land fuer Alex und seinen ¨Havanna¨. Wir haben uns im Hotel schon mit einigen Angestellten sehr angefreundet. Einer davon ist unser Gaertner. Dieser stellt uns jeden morgen eine frische Kokosnuss auf den Balkon. In der Zwischenzeit haben wir auch schon unseren Ersten Tag in La Habana verbracht. Diese Stadt ist einfach traumhaft. Die Leute sind immer am Feiern, und sehr nett. Jeder will sich gleich als Touristenfuehrer geben und dir einiges verkaufen (Zigarren, Geld wechseln,...). Allein die Fahrzeuge sind ein Traum, so alt und stinken wie,... Wir und die Cubaner leben alle ohne Uhrzeit. Es wird einfach nichts gemacht,..nur gefaulenzt. Auch eine Tour durch Varadero haben wir schon hinter uns. Das ist eine reine Touristenstadt. Hier spricht ... read more
Die ersten Tage in Varadero
Published: October 31st 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Oeste » Varadero
October 31st 2006
Nach den ganzen Strapazen sind wir endlich gut in Cuba/Varardero angekommen. Fuer mich als Raucher war es etwas ungewohnt, 14 Stunden ohne Rauch. Wie man sieht das geht auch. Gleich am Flughafen von Cuba gab es schon schwere Verstaendigungsprobleme. Sie sprachen nur spanisch und ein wenig englisch. Dort wurden wir gleich einer Drogenkontrolle unterzogen, die gleich vorbei war. Die Zigaretten hier sind etwas guenstiger als bei uns. Diese kosten umgerechnet 13 Euro die Stange. Auch die Getraenke sind sehr guenstig und gut. Das Foto mit den Flaschen waere Paradies fuer Alex. Am ersten Tag wurde mit unseren deutschen Nachtbarn schon in der Frueh um halb 8 eine Flasche Rum Cubay geleert. Und das ging bis ca. Mittag und dann sind die Lichter schon langsam ausgegangen und wir machten ein kleines Nickerchen am Pool. Das Hotel ist ... read more
October 31st 2006
25.10.06 Als wir in Havana ankamen, lief alles unerwartet rasch ab. Adolfo bot mir ausserdem an, mich ins Zentrum mitzunehmen, womit ich mir bereits 15 Pesos Convertibles (CUC) sparen konnte. Anstatt seines Kollegen kam ihn seine Frau abholen. Doch statt sich zu freuen, sich nach zwei Monaten wieder zu sehen, hatten sie bereits von der ersten Minute an Auseinandersetzungen. Ob es unter anderem auch im Zusammenhang mit mir war, weiss ich nicht. Wir brachten das Gepaeck zum Auto und fuhren Richtung Stadt. Die beiden fuhren mich direkt zu einer Unterkunft, jedoch nicht ein offizielles Casa Particular. Diese ist ausserhalb der Stadt gelegen und ich wusste anfangs nicht, ob mich das nicht teurer kommt. Aber das Zimmer und die Person passten mir, also blieb ich. Ich verabschiedete mich von den beiden und erhielt sogar die Telefonnummer von ... read more
Sept 28 - October 21 - Chicca Cina and Grande Gringo go to C-oo-ba
Published: October 24th 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba
October 21st 2006
General Impressions Arrived in Cuba on the 28th of September in the middle of the night. First introduction was the stern and smoking immigration supervisor standing behind his underling scrutinizing the chicca cina's passport and visa form. After barking out whether CC can speak english, she is told to fill up another form for entry. (Note: Malaysians, there is no need to purchase the USD15 visa before arrival in Cuba. Singaporeans, you have to - a Singaporean seemed surprised that he needed one but I think he brought up the topic to confirm whether he had been cheated of $15 or not ;o) ) Gringo's here, Gringo's there. Grande Gringo was immediately and incesstantly identified as a target for handouts of money, free drinks, potential cigar purchaser... generally, convertible dollar piggy bank. Cina on the ... read more
October 18th 2006
J'ai voyage avec eux de la Havane jusqu'a Trinidad. Puis on a louer une voiture pour faire un tour des environs. La semaine que j'ai passee avec eux etait super et j'etais ravi de servir pour la premiere fois d'interprete. ... read more
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Here are my photos from Cuba
Published: October 9th 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Oeste » La Habana
October 9th 2006
After trapsing the streets of Mexico city for 2 hours I finally found a place to download my photos one block from my hotel! It has taken me 4 hours to put them all up. I wish I could have done them with my stories however hopefully you will be able to follow them. They are in the following order Havana (at the start and end of my trip), Santiago de Cuba, Trindad, Santa Clara, Veradero (just a couple of the beach here) and Vinales and Pina de Rio. I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them. The ones of the Tropicana show have turned our really well and I have some great people shots as well. I even managed to get in a few myself. See you all soon!! love ... read more
October 8th 2006
Hi everyone, My last day in Havana today. I will be sad to say goodbye to Cuba as I have lots of fond memories now etched into the eclectic landscape of my mind. I caught up with Laura my friend from the UK again here and we have been hanging out and having lots of fun. We have been having dinner at the Hotel Sevilla which has the most amazing view of the city from its resturant on the 9th Floor. You can really imagine Frank Sinatra singing a few songs around the grand piano here. It is beautiful inside and out and it has an internet cafe as well which is where I am now and its about 2 mins from my hotel...bonus! I have a few pics to show you so you can see ... read more
October 4th 2006
Hi everyone, I spent yesterday in Santa Clara visited the Che memorial which is actually where he is buried and also visited the site of a train derailment which he instigiated during the revolution to capture ammunition and a few hundred of the enemy. Its funny you know everywhere you go there are so many photos of the various aspects of the revolution. There were before and after shots of the train wreck. They used a bulldozer to move the tracks and had photos of this they were very clever in the way they captured history and I am sure this was all about marketing the whole revolution thing as well. Laura the girl I met from the UK and I travelled from Trinidad to Santa Clara and we shared a hotel room. Our hotel had ... read more
Trinidad is my favourite part of Cuba so far
Published: October 2nd 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Centro » TrinidadOctober 2nd 2006
Hi everyone, Still no ability to load photos here I am afraid hopefully when I get to veradero in a couple of days. I have a fantastic collection however until then you will just have to take my word for it. I am currently in Trinidad. I was supposed to leave yesterday however met a couple of great people and decided to stay a little longer. Laura is from Manchester in UK and Mary is from South Korea. We went to Casa de la Musica the night before last and had a great night. More Cuban music and salsa. There is a Casa de la Musica in every town I think however this one in Trinidad is outside. Was a beautiful night and the mojitos and beers were flowing. There was another Australian girl there who ... read more
Cuba has so much energy
Published: September 28th 2006Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Santiago de CubaSeptember 28th 2006
Hi everyone, Well it has been tough trying to find an internet that works in this beautiful part of the world and as for loading photos onto CDs I am not sure that I will get to do that till I get to Mexico City in just over a week. I can´t use my hotmail at the moment as it keeps crashing the system so if you need to contact me please use my bigpond address simone.guild@bigpond.com My first day I spent wandering around Havana and felt a little like a fish out of water because of my under developed spanish language skills. I needed to buy a bag to leave some stuff behind at the hotel cos you all know how I can shop well my backpack is currently 20kg and rising. I went to ... read more
