Casa De Silvia Havana

... Nobody in Napoli is going to roll over in his grave but hey, it's fresh pan caliente. That's worth plenty. The trick is that you gotta' get the local currency, or otherwise you're de facto segregated from the populace by currency and cuisine. Some things only come in cuc of course, like filete Cubano of something or other. Prices in cuc are usually not bad either, just not dirt cheap, and mostly limited to the tourist places, and grocery ...

... free day in Havana. In the morning we embarked on an unplanned and very long walking tour of the city, trying to find a post office from which to send various gifts and personal effects back to Australia. Three hours and three post offices later, we had found such a place, only to learn that the contents (mostly cigars) were not allowed to be sent by mail, and we would have to take the whole lot ...

... that getting a Cuban to talk about their country is very difficult. I don't really believe the story that a policeman can arrest a local who talks to a tourist, mainly because there are not enough policemen on the streets to make this a practical punishment. The valley of Vinales lies about three hours west of Havana. This place is trully bewitching. Huge knuckles of rock garnished with greenery lie unexpectedly amid fields of tabacco as if they were ...

... every booking site and I got the booking voucher in my e-mail immediately. Next day the house owners sent us welcoming e-mail, so everything was perfect. Once in Cuba I had the chance to meet the owners of familyguest.com in a visit they made to Casa Mirta (where we were staying). Two of the coolest pleople if ever met. See Amed and Jorge, I promessed Iīd mention you ...

... his smile reformed, and he thanked me warmly for my dubious custom. I walked home with tears of Latin love in my eyes. I never got to pay him back but figured a trip to Cuba would give me the chance to repay his kindness by proxy. The general absence of shops and eateries in Havana reduced this possibility. Those existing usually showcased a miserable slither of congealed dog meat in a stale bun parboiling slowly in the tropical sun. But elsewhere we found edible freshly ...

... stop we got a seat (none did after the first stop). 45 minutes to get there and we tried the first hotel listed in the LP (lonely planet) but couldnīt get in so we accepted a jineteroīs help and got rooms at a casa particulares (a home where the people can let out rooms) four blocks from the ocean. Best of all, there was a terrace where you could sit on the rocking chairs and chill in the sea breeze (we were on the 1st floor above the ...

... and the next, when I went out with a couple of English girls I met. I actually fooled myself that I could finally dance salsa well...but it was more due to his abilities in guiding me, as when I tried to dance with the next guy, my abilities plummeted!! Back to Habana Daily routine in Havana The university is like a palace. Its set on a hill, and its entrance, protected by huge white pillars, overlooks the surrounding streets. Its insides need some work still, but its ...

... clothes to bread! 3) they have two types of money, cuban convertible pesos (CUCs) and pesos or mondeda nationale. 1 CUC = 60p (easy enough to work out) but then you can change your CUCs for pesos, which are 24 pesos to 1 CUC (work out what that is in pence of you can!) the only place you can get cuban money is at the airport so they screw you over on the exchange rate, foreign debit cards dont work in ATMs and travellers cheques are a royal pain in the **** 4 ...