Blogs from Varadero, Oeste, Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 3

So, I made it to Cuba, it was a long and uncertain trip since the German railway announced strikes for early Monday morning - which was excactly when I had to take the train to Frankfurt airport... So I decided to just take the very first train (at 5 in the morning, after about 2 hours sleep), hoping that it might not be affected yet. I was wrong... Already after half an hour the train stopped in Freiburg. Luckily after an hour they decided to go on and I got to the airport on time. The flight was long and boring but I slept most of the time anyway. Here in Varadero, I met Gabi who's travelling with me until September. She was in Costa Rica before so we just met up at a hotel ... read more

So. We arrived in Varadero and cheered up as soon as the coach started to cruise down a long palm and flower lined drive to our hotel the Internacional. At first we were like, "Where's the beach?" because in the one (unclear, b&w) aerial photo we had seen of the hotel it had appeared to be on the beach. Then as we approached the glass entrance to the lobby we saw out through the back glass exit and were astounded. There was an expanse of white sand with palm trees, and then the most beautiful turquoise sea. It was the most beautiful thing I've seen. Alex commented how great it would be if we had an oceanview room and, to our joy, we got one! With a balcony! We settled in then went to subathe on ... read more

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

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