Kohly Havana

... Kuba kann man naemlich inzwischen neben Hotels auch private Haeus** (casas particulares) als Unt**kunft ansteu**n, soweit diese eine entsprechende Genehmigung vom Staat haben. Da wir ab** nur eine ungefaehre Anschrift, ab** keine Hausnumm** haben, fragen wir uns einfach durch und kennen bald das halbe Vi**tel: kurze Zeit spaet** sind wir an die richtige Tu** v**mittelt - eine Wohnung ganz oben im 6-stoeckigen Plattenbau. Dort ist zwar g**ade nichts frei, ab** wir w**den sofort an die ...

... and they said we had promised to stay there for five days and should pay them the full amount. At this point we were done. We wanted out. We told them so, and they called our original contact, who then came rushing over, hostile and aggressive, yet putting on fake charm. He was almost desperate and said we could move back into his place, but at this point he had been so mean and rude we wanted nothing to do with him, at which point he said sarcastically ...

... s beautiful but decaying facades and ramshackle homes, comes across as looking much like a third world city, or to be more precise, a first world city that was once bombed and is yet to be rebuilt. Much of the disrepair also comes from hurricane damage. Hurricanes rip through Cuba each year (last year there were two in one week!)<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>< br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br>But despite all this, we hear that ...

... 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 ...

... on Humboldt street), but once you go inside, it's the coziest, most decorative restaurant I've ever been in. We decided to get a bottle of wine with dinner, and really enjoy ourselves. We started with a HUGE fruit bowl, followed by bread and strawberry butter. We had potato fritters as an appetizers (SO good). Ross had pasta carbonara ('cause he hadn't quite had enough pork...) and I had ...

I knew that Cubans have developed their travel insdustry ever since the crash of comunism in the early 90´s, building great resorts in the main destinations such as Havana , Varadero, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba. But we wanted to try something different and have the chance to be hand to hand with cubans and their real life. So we decided to look for a homestay or as ...

CORDON BLUES My first taste of Cuban food was a good one. I experienced it at the bar of a Quito restaurant nibbling spicy dishes and sipping pokey Cuba Libres. People who could dance danced while I pretended to be absorbed in my thoughts in a place that counted customers in twos. But after sipping continually for three hours, with every drop ringing up an invisible till, I slurped myself into financial liquidation. The bill was around twice the size of my wallet. So I pushed ...

... pizza places recommended by LP were closed so ended up at the local pizzaria which actually did a great spicy chorzizo pizza and a vegetarian pizza where the vegetables had come from a can but was still really good! Back home by 830 we continued our talk on music, moving into movies and tv shows (go the Muppets!) as we finshed off the rum from last night. I smoked most of my cohiba cigar (it was quite good but it´s just too heavy, I will never be a fat cigar smoker).

... family at risk. After leaving my bag at her house, I had to stay outside all day until it got dark to avoid bumping into inspectors. I wondered along the main street up to a view point at the Hotel Ermita. On the way, I was distracted by a sign saying "Villa de Salsa....Clases de Salsa". No surprises there!! I asked about salsa classes and got talking to the teacher, a girl of 28. Her aunt ended up preparing me a meal for dinner, which set me back $5 (quite average for meals ...

... all its pink panted glory! * i bumped into adrien, a girl id met on the isla (not bumped literally, she walked up and said hello) * i accidently lied to the customs man in cancun when i asked me if id bought any cigars, i totally forgot id bought them until the word no came out of my mouth! i made a hasty exit before i gave myself away! back on la isla de mujeres now, tales of sun, san, ceveza and me basically sitting on my **** to come!! hasta luego! xxx