Country Info
- Havana
- Capital
- Cuban Peso (CUP)
- Currency
- 11,184,023
- Population
- CU
- Country Code
Cuba Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cuba
04/08/07
Despertador marcado para as 08:00. Não adiantou, dormimos até às 10:00 quando do corredor gritaram: "Camarera!". Saímos sem tomar café e pegamos um táxi rumo à Habana Vieja, ou Havana velha. O taxista nos deixou próximo à Plaza de la Catedral, ...
Havana with Belkis
... , hot or not.) I have decided to take my first diversion from my planned itinery so effectively have only 1 more night in Cuba. I will move to the Casa where Tom and Ben have been staying, since it comes highly recommended being run by the ...
Back to the myth
... anymore. Why not visit a new country ? There are so many amazing places to see. But then when I left Bonaire to flight to Cuba I was getting really excited again because I will see Cuba again. Already the airport in Havana was nice for me, it felt ...
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Hi everyone! It has been quite a while since I have posted so I will do my best to catch up on what has been going on. It is hard to believe that I am in my last week of community training. On Monday, I will be receiving my assignment and find out ...
Trinidad, just a man and his pig
When things go pear shaped in Cuba one just shakes their head and says "well, this is Cuba". We got a taste of this at the bus station while trying to hop a bus for Trinidad. We were told the bus was full and we would need to get a taxi. The taxi would ...
en la casa de las dos hermanas
... lots to the two sisters. The younger one is married to an Italian and both of them have very strong and interesting views about Cuba. I think this was also one of my favorite things in Cuba, not only in Baracoa but in Havana too, the chance to really ...
Crazy diving!
What a crazy day! The dive centre picked us up outside the hotel in the morning. There are a lot of divers here. A large group from Germany and a few older guys from Spain, a couple from France, one solo traveller from Switzerland and ...
Rum and Cigars - what else?
... learning how the cigar comes to be. It is all a very lengthy process. We were told that about 80% of the tobacco grown in Cuba is from Pinar del Rio province. All the cigars made at this factory were hand-rolled. Inside the factory-cum-museum we were not ...
Final Cuba Libre and farewell to Rach
... though, the ones who only stay in resorts and never even realise they're in a Spanish speaking country. But I guess Cuba tourism encourages it by only allowing travellers to go to certain places, or at least making it very difficult to do anything ...
Old Havana
... , but they'll do for now... The flight went fine, but the steaming up the cabin before take off part, was true. In Cuba there was a line for everything and everything from picking up luggage to clearing customs went at a very slow pace. I think it ...
Entrenamiento
I am wrapping up my 5 weeks of training in Matancitas and will be heading back to the capital to tie up any loose ends before finally being inducted in as a volunteer and moving to my new home for the next two years. My time here has flown by. I ...
Dancing the night away
Hey everyone, This is just going to be a short update.. But I hope you guys enjoy the reading! haha Anyway, this past weekend me and Martina decided to discover other parts of Havana and therefore we went to Havana Vieja on saturday.. it was really ...
My Tranquil Mountain Village
Hi All! Here I am in my new training site, so I thought I would give an update on my life here in the DR. I have been in El Ranchito, a small village of about 800 people, for two weeks. It is up a mountain from Santiago, the second largest city in ...
Arrived in Cuba
Cuba is fantastic. I arrived in the dark, yesterday evening after a journey via Jamaica and their very chotic departures system. Converted some money, jumped in a cab and arrive safely at Parque Central hotel in Havana. The hotel had ...
Matanzas City
... enough time to make it to Trinidad by bus and we certainly didn’t want to get into the resort territory of Veradero (Cuba’s answer to Cancun). The buildings here are mainly 19th century and I can imagine in its heyday it was another ...
Französicher Einfluss
Eine von neun Weltkulturerbestätten Kubas ist die Innenstadt von Cienfuegos. Wir wohnten in einem schönen und großen Kolonialgebäude direkt im Zentrum. Die Straßenzüge sind harmonisch und gepflegt. Der typische Verfall der Häuser hinterlässt auch ...
Some descriptions of the countryside
We pass plowed fields and billboards with military notices. When the sun passes temporarily behind a cloud it is breezy, even a bit chilly. Green banana trees, gray pavement with blotchy brown and black potholes, houses painted cheerily ...
Old sins cast long shadows
... a smile I replied: Taxi – no gracias, Cigar – no gracias, Preciosa – graaaaacias, Cuanto tiempo en Cuba – demasiado (I was surprised at hearing myself answer still smiling but with a sigh – “too much”)… I ...
Surreal
... ride back and since all the windows were open, everyone got a little wet which was quite refreshing. From here on in, before I leave Cuba on Saturday morning, I plan to have some ice cream and maybe head to ´la playa´ one last time. This whole trip has ...
Hello Cuba!
... first Australian stay at their house. They reminisced about the TV shows Skippy and Flipper, which is apparently still shown in Cuba. And everyone thought that Australia was a cold country. The people of Cuba are so relaxed and friendly. Everything is ...
Feb 11, 2013
Lost my mojo!!
Been in Havana for a few hours now and I have lost my balls! Being in Cuba makes me as nervous as I was going to Ecuador nearly a month ago. Got to the hotel, dropped my bags and settled into my room. The hotel seems to be full of families. Not quite the ...
Cuban cafe and a swim with the fishes...
... either a car or a plane crash). There, we also learned that Las Terrazas was actually the first biosphere reserve of Cuba. Apparently the people of this village used to live all over in the Sierra Rosaria mountains, until the government built a more ...
What is and is NOT included
A cruise offers plenty to eat, that's for sure. Big breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, plus afternoon tea and room service. You could eat round the clock if you wanted. And most, but not all, of it is included in what we paid for the cruise. For ...
Havana: Rum, Cigars & Salsa
... he got too stressed out, he could have a cigarette. Everyone else did. Ha ha It is literally like stepping back in time in Cuba. The infrastructure is old and falling apart, but the city is so full of history and culture. The cars are all old or ...
Day 2: At sea
Well, the day started fairly well. Again, we were up early - 530am this time. I guess someone's body clock hasn't fully adjusted to the time zone. We managed to entertain ourselves until breakfast was served at 7. It had been a rough sea ...
Old Havana
... where there was a small band. Of course the man at the bar approached us and soon I was dancing, as that's what one does in Cuba: dance! There was music everywhere, all the time. That night we found a place with an all girl band and met a nice couple, ...
La Habana
This is a top pick! ... face are difficult, no doubt, the economy seems screwed, but the cuban spirit is strong. bit like fidel... anyway, as i knew before, cuba gives me guaranteed platinum impressions and i am certainly gonna go back. again. learn more. in another wave of ...