Blogs from Oeste, Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 12

Geo: 23.1168, -82.3886 GÜN 03 GÜNLERDEN CUMARTESİ: Sabah kahvaltıda buluştuk . Aslında saat farkları bizi perişan ediyor gece saat 04:00 te zırt diye uyanıyoruz Sonrası ızdırap … Eskiden bu "jet lag" beni bu denli etkilemezdi ....ama şimdi yaş ilerleyince vuruyor. Kahvaltımız neşeli geçti . Bugün anlaşma kurallarına göre eve para ödeme günü . Anlaşmaya göre ,vardığınız günün ertesi günü, saat 12:00 ye kadar kalacağınız tüm günlerin parasını ödememiz gerekmektedir.. Dün niye bozmadınız ? diye sorarsanız alan kurlarının düşük olduğu konusunda çok uyarı aldık ta ondan.. Para bozmak için yola çıktık Evin sahibi Luis, doğru bir tüyo vererek, para bozdurmak için Obispo caddesi yerine ,San Fransisco meydanını işaret etti. San Fransisco meydanı bir etkinliğe sahne oluyor .PHOTO_ID_L=t-rk... read more

What’s an overseas adventure without 48 hours of transport to kick it off! Day 0: Sydney, Dallas (complete with epic Tex-Mex) to Mexico City (for real Mex and an overnight rest) then a walk around Mexico City at dawn and off to Havana, Cuba. Cuba is a truly unique place – host to the greatest cities of the Spanish Americas, gold, pirates and forts since the 1600s then turned into a mobsters paradise in the 1940s and 50s. Modern history has served up revolution, communism and the USA embargo - freezing the entire country in time - the last communist outpost 90 miles off the coast of Florida. The modern world is making its way in but Cuba is still an intriguing mix: dilapidated, determined, dirty, developing, and full of a people with mixed stories of ... read more

Vinales – UNESCO world Heritage Site - The Town of Rocking Chairs & the Land of the Cuban Cigar It’s early to rise; breakfast at 7am, as we have a bus to catch and Pepe takes us in the Taxi laid on by Chez Nous (possibly the family car) to the Viazul Bus Stop opposite the Zoo – which takes about 20 mins for C10. We are grateful & he says he’ll pick us up on our return if we can call him – good service we think. Viazul bus line seems to us to be very efficient, comfortable (reclining seats), has a good baggage handling system to give you peace of mind and starts bang on time at 9am & gets us to Vinales 10 mins late (12.45pm). Partly this is due to the detour ... read more

Its been a fascinating experience, and as some if you may know we have not had access to WiFi until we returned to Havana for the third time at the end of our tour..local Cubans have the Intranet, most have no access to the wider world. Our group was small but perfectly formed , All very interesting, widely travelled with views to match!! I was the only singleton so to speak and all made me feel very comfortable so thank you guys for your support and enclusion. The tour was packed with a variety of different places to visit food to taste people to meet and snipits of knowledge was passed on to us by our fab guide Ellie who turned out to be an accomplished musician ,writer, band leader as well as her guiding skills ... read more

Tällä kertaa keskityin vanhaankaupunkiin. Kävin myös parissa museossa, joista jälkimmäinen oli vallankumouksen museo.... read more