Ambassador Hotel Trinidad

... one email but couldn't reply, every second time you clicked on something it would come up "page not found". Blah blah. They clearly just did not have a proper connection going on. Everyone was having the same problem. It was so frustrating. I paid my 3 pesos for the 30 minutes because I had read one email, but Rach hadn't even been able to login to hotmail and he expected her to pay! What a ************. That was just too much, I told him that ...

... so off I went. I strolled through the streets not frequented by tourists as I made my way north towards the 200 meter hill. As often is the case, a Cuban approached me with the usual "hola amigo" and as usual I stopped to see what he wanted. I have become accustomed to these people who can take a message. Some just want to chat a little and others are looking for a handout or to sell me something. This guy is a boxer and wants me to take his picture so I happily ...

... as the valley opened up in front of us from Trinidad and we made our way towards the park through farmland then up very steep grades for which we were often in 1st gear. I cannot compare with Spain but impressive nonetheless. We paid our 6 CUC entrance into the park and started off on our hike to see the falls. The sign said 45 minutes but it took us longer than that. After about a half hour into the hike we both looked at each other and wondered the same thing. Does this ...

... Verder nog een ticket gekocht voor de bus naar Havana op 22-12-2008 (25 cuc). s'-Avonds een heerlijke langusta (kreeft) in de casa voor slechts 10 cuc. Hier is dit ongeveer een gemiddeld maandsalaris maar niets vergeleken bij de prijs in nederland. 20-120-2008: onderweg naar de bus naar Playa Ancon kom ik op straat een horlogemaker tegen. Aangezien mijn horloge al een paar dagen niet meer werkt en dit best onhandig is er naar laten kijken. Na wat meten ...

... a quarter pollo (chicken) each accompanied by avocado and cabbage. Way too much food for us!<br><br>At about 20:30 we headed up to the Casa de la Musica to have a look at the goings on. Nicki and I each settled into a very strong Mojito and then just sat and watched the live bands play. At about 10pm people started salsa'ing along. We didn't stay too long before heading on home.<br><br>The intention for the next day was to head on down to the beach and possibly join the party ...

... dancing robots as opposed to the natural rhythm finders who luckily surround us if we manage to burrow far enough into the middle of the dance floor. Apart from the excruciating Salsa lessons that doubled nicely as sauna sessions even after the sun had gone down, we were offered horse riding and scuba diving to top up the Hrinida experience. I say offered, but it was the most hap hazard of Costa Rican organisation so luckily in ...

... each. But they consisted of four small slices of tomato and four of cucumber aligned down each side of the plate, with something that sort of smelled like an open sewer running down in between the two lines. I think that it had cabbage in it, but couldn't swear to it ...

... uniform. Speaking of which, by their early teens, Cuban girls have their skirts uniformly sheered well above the knees. It´s just another way the country seems to free the body, invite the sway of the royal palm into a casual stroll. Julie can comment on the men, but I´ve found that beyond having a higher than average ratio of beautiful women here, it´s the lilt that entices. The music of the island might ...

... at the shower itself. This mechanism is better insulated than at Eumelia´s, where the threat of electrocution kept the hot showers brief and exciting. At one point the mechanism broke, so water was flowing over the terminating wires of what I originally thought was a 220V line. Yikes! Breakfast, after the suspense of showering, is an unhurried experience in the courtyard: fresh-squeezed juice, a big bowl of chopped pineapples and papaya, industrial ...

... tourists - certainly not enough to remark further on. Playa Ancón The beaches are amazing - very little development going on there. Actually, there is none at all. You're out on pristine beaches within a few minutes of the city centre. I didn't experience any hawkers or other human spam while there - Cuba is ...