Havana Travel Blogs - Page 6

Regreso al país que me vio nacer por unos dias

Soaring higher, diving deeper, into a world of magic and music.

Allereerst vanuit Panama: drie hoeratjes voor de koningin: HOERA HOERA HOERA! Inmiddels zit ik alweer in Panama, na 3 weken te hebben rond gereisd op Cuba! Ongeveer een hele cultuurshock gekregen van het verschil tussen Havana en Panama City! Toen we hier vrijdagnacht aankwamen schrokken we van de…

So we've been in Havana for about 3 days now and it's a completely different world! Last week of placement in Toronto was great, sad to go but we were really excited about our week in Cuba, so it went really quickly - the flight here was only 3 hours so I can see why so many Canadians h…

From north to south, Havana to Santiago de Cuba, amidst the decaying buildings, propagandizing billboards and food stores with empty shelves there is one thing in Cuba which are always in full supply: Jineterismos! Everywhere you go in Cuba, you'll see Western men, laden with shopping bags an…

I finally managed to get to Cuba. We stayed in the south east near Holguin at the Occidental Grand Playa Turquesa. The country was fantastic and everyone was so friendly and helpful but if it is sun you are after don't go in January/ February as this is the coldest time of the year there with mimimal sun and scattered showers.

Of course: iconic classic cars, cigars and salsa... But Cuba is lots more that that!

We arrived in Cuba not knowing what to expect and no idea where we were staying apart from that Rina and Enrique's friends were sorting it out. So we got in a taxi and got taken to a really lovely old colonial house where we stayed for 3 nights and then moved over the street to  Raoul and…

Okay... after almost 3 years without travel, doing a "real work" job making pretty decent cash as (at different times) a manager, executive producer and creative director with Canadian broadcasters, and after hanging out with poets, artists, actors and musicians and flirting with and…

Trip around Cuba (2005)

we went to Cuba

Caribbean

Cuba

Plan is to arrive early evening, Taxi / cycle from airport into town, to St. John's Hotel, early night.

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