Blogs from Oeste, Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 42

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

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

Having got word that our bikes had arrived at Havana airport, we eagerly made our way from the west of the country back to the capital to collect them. On arrival at the Lost and Found office we were shown a large pile of luggage dumped in the main concourse of the arrivals hall. There were 4 bike boxes there in good condition, but none of them were ours! We eventually communicated this problem to the staff there and they led us into a locked storeroom containing more found luggage. At first, we didn´t recognise our boxes, then it dawned on us that the crumpled pieces of cardboard in the corner were actually ours. It looked as though the boxes had been thrown out of the plane before landing! A quick check of the contents proved ... read more

Right, where to start...because of the extortionate price and interminable problems with using the internet in Cuba I will have to do my whole 10 days in one go...congratulations if you make it to the end! I left Isla Mujeres and caught my flight to Havana with no problems. Almost. In order to save $40 I had chosen to fly with Cubana, the Cuban state airline. As I ducked into the ancient plane the first thing that hit me was the fact that all the signs were in what looked at first like Greek and English. A few seconds later I realised that this was in fact of course Russian. Nice. The plane was incredibly hot, as the air conditioning doesn´t work until the engine was on. When it did come in, it also filled the ... read more

Vedado, La Habana, Cuba, Caribbean Sea, Western Hemisphere, The World WOW!!! That is about the only way to start talking about La Habana. My flight from Cancun landed around 5:20 EST in Habana on Monday. The flight itself was quite an experience alone. I believe the plane was purchased in a garage sale from Slovakia. As the air condition kicked on the cabin filled with white fumes which seemed to worry no one on the plane. The flight itself was not so bad, but as we landed the entire cabin boomed with cheers of joy. We´re we not supposed to land, what was expected in this landing that not crashing was celebrated to such extremes. Regardless of what it meant, I was just happy to be on the ground. That was step one. Step two, bus ... read more