Apartamentomanuel
Travel Blogs from Havana
Great music and food!
Life goes on splendidly in Cuba. I have been learning more and more Spanish, salsa, and always meeting new ...
Fiesta!
... to count quite a few Cubans as friends after this experience and it was quite sad when it came time to leave.
All flights so far had been uneventful, a minor delay being the most excitement experienceed. However leaving Havana was a bit more interesting. After getting comfortable on the plan, the heavens opened and a torrential downpour commenced with amazing thunder and lightening. It was so bad they closed the airport! ...
Burning candle from both ends but rolling car
... and bar and enjoyed the best Piña Colada in Cuba (fresh coconut and pineapple) and the view, and then moved on to the beach. There, of course, Rodolfo met a group of musicians he used to play with, and so naturally we also spent the hot afternoon not only enjoying some sweet sun and sand, but listening to some amazing tunes and Rodolfo, Lazaro (a member of Rodolfo’s band), and Jesse (also a musician) spontaneously joining ...
THE JOURNEY BEGINS
... what a nutty way to run an airline. Three forms to fill out for entry to Cuba.
Saw the lights of Havana at 1923 and at the gate by 1938, just 3M late. A slow process going through customs, only matched by standing at the wrong carousel and a tortoise-like line to get CUC's, the Cuban convertible peso.
Left the airport in a taxi at 2059 for the some 25M ride into Old Havana, the old automobiles not ...
Royal with cheese
... hora del destape!!! (tipo 7:30 pm vienen a abrirte la cama y dejarte un bombon).
Ya paso una semana y la verdad que estamos muy bien. El trabajo por ahora es mucho. Mucha informacion, mucha gente, muchas caras, mucho todo. Pero estamos realmente muy confiados que podemos hacer esto y mucho mas :-)
Hoy fue el ultimo dia formal de los chicos que estan aca, asique el martes (porque el lunes ...