Barcelo Cayo Largo

... Cienfuegos:<br><br> El sexto día nos quedamos en Cienfuegos y fuimos a comer en el castillo de Juaga. Había de todo en el castillo me encantaba la comide. ¡Comí demasiado! Después fuimos a ver los animales en el zoológico. Había muchos animales. ¡También tenían el animal que querría ver! Se llama el Cuban solenodon. Después regresamos al hotel Union y nadamos en la piscina. Jugamos juegos por un buen rato y luego nos acostamos.

Stayed for 2 nights but not much to do here, slept in a velvet den and were served food swimming in oil for breakfast and dinner. Wandered around the town, more touristy than the last few stops, and bought some souvenirs. Nice architecture and a long promenade walk along the sea to Punto Gorda, then a horse and cart ride back. Big thunderstorm the next day so played alot of cards and dominoes with our host´s grandson (who cheated alot!) and caught up on some sleep.

... Of course!<br><br>Feeling pretty annoyed at the whole country we left the bus station and wandered out into the hot midday sun in our bathers, the perfect environment in which to become even more annoyed. We *****ed about how many things we couldn't do in Cuba for a while, I admit. It was just so frustrating, we just wanted to lie on the beach! Who is that going to hurt? <br><br>We walked about 3km out of town and past the stinky ...

... to run over the crabs, but thinking, if only they were cane toads !!! We went to visit where Fidel had set up his command post in 1961. It was in an old sugar mill, and it was in Central Australia. Now the one of these that I know has an Alice Springs and an Uluru, but there it was, sign posted up, Central Australia. The museo was closed, but there was the wreck of an old plane outside. The sugar mill was falling down, and the town looked like ...

... in a Moorish way. It was very Islamic, but there were no Moorish scripts, however, it was not in the best way. Partially restored and being used as a restaurant, it was quite weird seeing this out here considering how many proper Mooriush ruins that we have seen over the years. Still, each to their own. <br><br>Back on the tourst trail, we walked the 2.5 K's back, and then 3 K's more out to the Tomas Acea necropolis. It was hot but well worth ...

... br> <br>7) Place two ice cubes in <br> <br>8) Pour at least 100ml of white Cuban rum <br> <br>9) Top up with sparkling water <br> <br>10) Stir <br> <br>11) Place a straw in <br> <br>12) Drink and start all over again !!!

... Viele von ihnen winken uns schon mit Geldscheinen entgegen, um die Fahr** zum Anhalten zu bewegen. Sie stehen nicht nur in Havanna auf d** Abfahrt zur Autobahn, sond**n auch noch viele Kilomet** die Autobahn hinauf. Wie die letzten von ihnen noch auf Mitnahme hoffen koennen, wenn man vorh** schon an ein paar hund**t and**en Geldscheinen vorbeigefahren ist, koennen wir uns nur mit V**zweiflung **kla**en, denn eine Alt**native (sprich Bus) scheint es ...

... turn around and get caught in the crowd making their way out, so decided to stick around the fortress and enjoy the warm evening sitting outside with a couple of Bucanero beers. We were the very last people still around when the bar closed at midnight, and we took that as our cue to leave La Cabaña. The car park outside, choked with buses and taxi on our arrival, was now deserted which was a bit of a problem as, though the ...

... changed. Tips are welcomed and almost everyone walks naked on the beach. The eastern Europeans are no longer here. Instead it's Italians. Not the ones from Woodbridge, north of Toronto, but real European Italians, all the way from Italy. One day as I lay back on a rock, private parts exposed to nature, I thought back to the last time I was in Cayo Largo in 1992. I'd come down to the dining area for breakfast one morning to find two men I hadn't seen before sitting at my table. I could ...

... and rpecisely because of the waves, you can't really see them. So I didn't stay too long, Guy did a bit longer, but he came out fast enough as well when ha saw one just a few inches from him. Ha! He wouldn't believe me at first :-P So we decided to mainly stick to the pool, haha! The food is pretty good actually, for Cuba. Cuba is kindve notorious for having ok, but not that tasty food :) The little restaurant by the pool has good pizzas, and the buffet for supper has tons ...