Hospedaje Yolanda - Yolanda Maria Alvarez Trinidad

... paintings of their heros, an old transmitter used by the counter-revolutionaries are interesting but do not push my buttons. I prefer to bask in the atmosphere of what is today. Canaries singing in cages, artists going about their work, tourists bumping and tripping along the cobblestones, cigar salesmen, salsa music, and what a beautiful place this is to visit. It is no wonder that the tourists flock here because it has a charm and flair unlike the bustle of Habana or the ...

... working on my tan, and hiking through the countryside if the pain in my back goes away. It is on one side of my back so I guess you can say I have a pain in my sideback or would that be backside? During the night I awoke many times and on one memorable occasion I reached for the bathroom doorknob in the dark to feel a soft fuzzy something where the know was supposed to be. When it moved a little, I moved a lot, mostly upward and backward. Scrambling for a light switch I made ...

... though some that look like genuine Gaudis fare much better. Black ladies with fruit on their heads and cigars in their mouths pose for tourists and tips, and Cuba's legendary Afro-derived music is played in tourist bars and restaurants. The newer (turn of last century) west-of-downtown Vedado buzzes with activity also, but there it's the locals, not tourists. If Miami has its Little Havana, then Havana likewise has its Little Miami ...

... de batterij nog goed te zijn maar wordt niet helemaal duidelijk waar het dan wel aan ligt. Het wordt meegenomen naar een winkeltje en na een aantal minuten kont het weer werkend terug en moet ik 4 cuc afrekenen. Waarschijnlijk veel te veel maar in Nederland zou ik hiervoor een veelvoud kwijt zijn en nu heb ik er tenminste nog plezier van in mijn vakantie. De rest van de dag doorgebracht op het strand. 21-12-2008: vanacht slecht geslapen door een ...

4 October 2008 - Saturday

We were picked up at 9am in a horse taxi to head up to Topo Callantes waterfalls. These Cubans are so cheeky though as we had agreed on a $30 for the trip and the horse taxi was demanding an additional $1 each for the taxi ride. You just don't really know when you're being ripped off or not. And unfortunately feel so sorry for everyone that you don't really query $1... Problem also is that it's difficult to argue your case when you have a limited ...

... out for dinner at the Plaza Mayor. The food was fantastic. Nix and I were the only two people there so when the music got going we were fully being serenaded by the Trinisur band. Think they're composed of the restaurants' staff - but the music was so beautiful that I had to
buy their CD. Of and of course after dinner we had to deal with the "Miii amiiiigaaaaas" all the way home again. This was becoming a bit of a game... Guestimate the number of "mi amigas" between point A and point B?

... We ate lunch at one of the only good state restaurants in Trinidad, the Trinidad Colonial. The food was quite good and the prices were okay (15 CUC for two people). I'm definitely getting tired of eating fish though! We parted ways for a quick siesta and then met up again to head to the beach. The beach was increadible. It was white sand, and the water was about 27degrees. It was super fun watching Ross get into the warm water for the ...

Vi kom frem til Trinidad etter en lang kj0retur med vaare finske "venner", vi fant frem til stedet vi skulle bo. Virker som om standaren her er litt h0yere enn resten av Cuba. I bakgaarden var det streningsapparater, hengek0yer, spisebord, banan og avocado tre. (og en l0ve som egentlig ikke var en l0ve men en hund som ikke var kjempe s0t, hunden het ikke Combi og var ei heller en l0ve. Den lekte ikke mye med en katt som ikke l0p rundt. Det var g0y ...

... work the sugarcane fields. Today in a nice twist, white tourists push the four arms of the grindstone at a black Cuban's behest. The cane is pulverized and out comes the syrup. I'm told the train leaves in another 15 minutes, so no time to climb the tower.... About half an hour later the train starts to depart, then waits another 10 minutes. Could have gone up and down lots of times! We've barely left the train station before we reach Casa Guachinanga, our final ...

... at a place that, from the outset, was dodgy.... first off they tried to overcharge, then they changed the price and then changed it again.... we should have smelt a rat!!! The second we were in the door, the guy was into our room asking if we were eating in the Casa, we said, "hang on matey, we've only just arrived, give us a chance, but we'll have breakfast in the morning", he was persistant about the dinner though ...