Casa Mercedes Habana Vieja Havana
Habana Vieja O"Reilly 506 e/Villegas y Monserrate Havana, Cuba
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Havana - It's not what we expected
30 September 2008 - Tuesday
Every time we touched down in a foreign country, I immediately felt like I was guilty of something... Arriving in Havana airport just reinforced that sensation. We had to individually pass through security. Each of us directed into a small room where the entering door was locked behind you and the one you were …
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Daylight robbery and night-time creativity
... with sunglasses I have in the kitchen with whom I sometimes practice my Spanish…
I popped by El Floridita again one afternoon when Rodolfo was playing, sat there, enjoyed the music, sipped a Ron Collins and worked on some photos. All of a sudden I hear my name in a song, and low and behold if the cheeky buggers hadn’t changed the lyrics of “El cuarto de Tula” (Tula’s flat) to “El cuarto de Tina”! ...
Arrival in Havana
... for his great trouble of leading us the ten feet to the statue.
That's the problem - the people are really so nice and kind to you, you can't tell when they are being friendly or just trying to garner a few CUCs. I found it's more likely you get hustled in the city, though. In the countryside, barely anybody bothered us for a tip.
Everywhere we walked in the city we got looks. I suppose it's just something to get used to when you are ...
Club Havana drinks are nearly free
... Lilly. Now this night was big. So big in fact that I required a 20 min nap half way through (a trick I’ve learnt from Scott – thanks Scott) and Neasa ended up passed out on the floor next to an empty bed.We were all out for the count, and I do not envy the girls one bit for having to get up and catch their plane, especially considering that they didn’t make it, but fortunately the plane was cancelled and they made it back safe and sound (ish). Following the ...
La Isla Bonita
... to treat the place like their own personal playground. The people rose up in rebellion and eventually, after a long struggle, overthrew Batista who fled by aeroplane to the Dominican Republic. A new government was formed, one that would supposedly be run for the people and be free of that iron fist dictatorship of old. But now look what we have: a government that controls everything (CCTV is everywhere in Havana), limits it's peoples freedom to a degree I've never seen before ...
This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: Casa Mercedes

