Blogs from Cuba, Central America Caribbean - page 74

Je sobota, den před hurikánem. Tonda odvází do nemocnice starého pána, který bydlí v našem domě - asi tatínek naší hostitelky. Couráme po městě, všude jsou mraky lidí. Všude se stojí fronty na cokoli od zmrzliny az po "tuzexové zbozí". Kupujeme zeleznou zásobu na hurikán. Prodavačka nás napřed odmítla vpustit do obchodu a nechala nás venku čekat asi pět minut, nakonec nás ale pustila. Zvláštní mravy. Kazdopádně jsme se rozhodli, ze hurikán lze přezít s 5 litry vody, několika rumy a dvaceti malejma plechovkovejma pivama na osobu. Odhad byl viceméně správnej. Vyrázíme radši na pláz za město. Od Bédova kámoše Prasemíry máme typ na místo jménem Playa Verde (zelená pláz). Mezitím se zatahuje. Na plázi není téměř ani noha. Na místní plázi se vyřádila nedaleká betonárka, která tu udělala betonový slunečníky a kdyz uz v tom ... read more

Ráno jsme se probudili a posnídali na střeše úzasnou snídani, kterou jsme si poručili večer předtím. Zeptali se nás tehdy, co bychom rádi, tak jsme si navymejšleli ledasco. A všechno tam bylo! Bya to paráda. Omeleta, čokoláda, ovocný poháry a hlavně - ten nejlepší pomerančovej dzus, kterej jsme kdy pili. Na Kubě mají několik desítek odrůd pomerančů, většina jich roste v bezprostředním okolí Baracoy, a tomu, co jsme měli ve dzbánech se prostě nic nevyrovnalo. Tahle snídaně přispěla spolu s minulým večerem k tomu, ze jsme svorně prohlásili Baracoa za nejlepší město na Kubě, mj. taky nejdál od Havany a od Fidela. Ve městě je hned od rána neskutečnej hic. Plouzili jsme se ulicema az k pevnosti Fuerte de la Punta, která hájí vjezd do zátoky, kde se roku 1492 vylodil Kryštof Kolumbus. Tuto událost připomíná ... read more

Jo was up early but even after my early night I slept through until breakfast at 0800. Elizabet and her mother continued with the great food with a breakfast of eggs, bread, fruits, gingerbread, coffee and orange juice. We left the house at 0900 and headed towards the market with a wallet full of CUCs - it was shopping day. There wasn’t a lot open at the ungodly early hour of 0900 but slowly stalls were set up and we did our first pass - getting an idea of what we wanted and some starting prices. The previous day we had found one of the few galleries in town that was owned by the artist (Gino and Isabella had recommended him) so we went back by his gallery but he was only just setting up. We ... read more

The road from Santa Clara to Trinidad is apparently the worst we would need to experince for the whole trip. This is good, because the road was seriously bad. I don´t think there are a lot of roadworks that go on. Perhaps it´s because there aren´t that many cars on the road? It is quite funny to see wide, major highways with no cars, or just one or two. It was quite a scenic drive and we stopped on a moutaintop lookout to have lunch. The Cuban landscape is quite stunning... very lush and green. We arrived in Trinidad late in the afternoon and were welcomed by the ´main house´host with a fabulous rum-based cocktail. It was so good we all asked for seconds. Have I mentioned that drinks here are super cheap? I bought 3 ... read more

Hi all. We are alive and well. It took a few days to get to a place with internet. My mobile phone also doesn´t work here, so Irene or Nick or Eugene, if you can let my mum know I´m alive and having fun, that would be much appreciated. I can´t say much about Havana. We got there late in the afternoon, had dinner, went for drinks, then bed, then got up in the morning the next day and left town. Hopefully we´ll get a day or half a day to visit the place at the end of the trip. The trip from Mexico to Cuba had only a small hitch. We thought Merryn had an eTicket for her flight, but found out that she needed the good old paper tickets, which of course she didn´t ... read more