Armadores de Santander Havana

... de Aviacion will let me change the date of my return will such a cheap flight, but that doesn't mean I can't buy another one-way. I can hardly travel without Internet now, booking for the next stop a few days in advance. Otherwise I might get stuck with no place to stay or only at an outrageous price, with no useable credit card even. Usually I don't worry about such things. In the high season in the Caribbean I do, especially here. Chill ...

... que algun membre de la família, o uns quants, hagin de resignar-se a ser analfabets o a morir per a tinguis una despesa menys per a poder pagar la hipoteca...Cal recordar que estem a just fa un any de l'esclat de la crisi de les hipoteques basura? Que USA és el país del primer món amb un pitjor sistema sanitari i amb unes bosses de pobresa més grans? L'imperialisme que ataca Fidel Castro Ruz existeix, i les conseqüències que la manera d'actuar d'aquest té arreu del món(a través ...

... fluent. Alex's father no longer lives with them, although I did meet him. He spoke with a heavy Russian accent. Katia is a college educated marine biologist. The project she was currently involved in produces organisms that will "eat" oil from seawater, oil that is accidentally spilled in maritime mishaps around the world. The state pays her approximately $25 per week for her efforts. I was given a tour of the flat. The living room was of decent ...

... reception to use it. I am told that, although It is 'free', I need to buy a card giving me a password which will last for 30 minutes. The term 'free' seems to lose something in translation! Unfortunately they do not have any cards, so I cannot use it anyway. I ask about other Internet places and am told there is an "Internet Café' some 10 minutes away. I eventually find another Habaguanex hotel, which has the same terminal setup and I purchase a couple of 'free' internet cards ...

... weil wir nicht die leuchtende Zukunft sehen, auf die wir ein Recht haben mit unserer Arbeit, sondern weil das Leben von uns allen unauflösbar verbunden ist mit dieser Idee und mit dieser Zukunft. Und deswegen sagen wir: Vaterland oder Tod. Und deswegen begründet die Hymne unserer Kämpfer für die Unabhängigkeit ganz genau: Das Leben in Knechtschaft war das Leben in Schande und Untertänigkeit. Sterben für das Vaterland ist leben...

... to Tulum ruins, about forty minutes south of Playa, which are amazing Mayan ruins (but only small compared with Tikal) right on the Caribbean coast (literally on the cliffs). We walked around Tulum for a while and it started to rain. We would have loved to go down to the beach for a swim and take some pictures, but it was still wild and woolly from the hurricane and the beach was closed off to the public. We caught the bus back, headed to the chocolate shop in Playa ...

... and new songs. Haggard old singers with beautiful voluptuous flautists go at it in corner bars with bystanders pouring into the streets. Mojitos are $2.20 and damn good! Jinteros (hustlers) are everywhere and they all want to know: A que pais? Where are you from? People hang over Baroque style balconies that look as if they're hanging form a string. Out of the windows Cuban music flows and bounces off the nieghbors dilapidated walls. I think ...

A TRIP TO HAVANA CUBA

In a week's time we are flying to Havana - we badly need to relax and this year we really want to swim in the exotic beaches of VARADERO. I have decided not to go with a group this year, but be on our own and move around and do whatever we feel like doing.

As always I try to do some research on the country that we are going to visit, but actually this is the year that I really need to relax ...