Colina Havana

... for dinner. We did some clean up and ordered up some fantastic Tai dishes. These kids know their take out options! This was delicious!!!!<br><br>Thursday 22nd<br>We woke to it raining like cats and dogs and had to wait it out. We took showers, did some blogging and emailing, and I found a book exchange in the Antique shop!! Gold mine! I got to trade out 6 books and talk reading with a few others keeping dry by browsing the ...

We drove to Missouri to visit Kristi's family before heading home to Texas. We decided to stop off in Ashland, Missouri to visit one of Kristi's sorority sisters and her family. It was so nice to catch up with Terra and Chad and meet their three boys. <br><br>After leaving Ashland, Kristi had ...

CUBA Day 1-2: Habana<br><br>Rach and I spent 10 days together in Cuba - pretty long 10 days! We didn´t really know what to expect going over there and we sure had an interesting time. We started off flying in to Habana where we went to the house of Romy´s cousin (the girl we met in Peru). The taxi dropped us off in what felt like the middle of the suburbs, just 2 storey sqaure houses everywhere. We rang the bell and were greeted, as we would be ...

... into a flurry of screams from me. It was a good one.  We got back in the car, still screaming and Jen stating that we were no longer going to Canada for my birthday (oh really?)  and with all of the windows down because I was about to lose conciousness from the fumes, furiously continued our journey on to St Louis and some space from each other.  Caitlin took over for her driving shift somewhere around Oklahoma at a McDonalds where I decided to get a coffee and wash ...

... little thrown off by the fact that this church is 35 miles from downtown St. Louis. But, then after the crazy weather at the end, we were wondering if this was a sign from God to turn around and keep moving. Well, we didn't. But after watching the service and haning out for a bit we decided to move along, it's not a fit for us, but hey no hard feelings, cool church for the area. Since we finished up early ...

... retained an ambience and glamour that seemed frozen in time. A few dusty streets away from the main centre, Ángel the mechanic was busy at work beneath the rusted bonnet of a beaten up Buick. A wide smile beamed on his face when I greeted and approached him. With a typical Habañero accent, Ángel talked briefly about life in Havana, and then informed me with a casual tone that he had served as a communications officer during Cuba's involvement in the Angolan ...

... with Vaniel, Marifé, and Berta (Marifé's mom). Then it was time to move through airport security. I gave my goodbye hugs and was through security and boarder control in a flash with zero harrassment. Soon I was about to get on the scariest plane ride of my life so far. We had a very uneventful flight until we started to make our decent to Cancun. During the decent we had one of the engines stop which caused the plane to pull ...

... they didn&#8217;t bother removing their former livery or final destination. <br><br>A little more than half an hour after leaving the casa I was walking across the great asphalted open space of Plaza de la Revolución. Though it was undoubtedly a sight to behold when filled with close to a million marchers and onlookers two days earlier, I was astonished when comparing it to the squares of the other towns how empty, barren and downright ugly it was ...

... Cigars, rum, a taxi, a guesthouse, a chica or some company for you perhaps? A Cuba Libra for me perhaps?" The motors sleep, the music stops and the dust settles. This momentary silence is cast aside only by the delirious laugh of a man too drunk to recognise the regime but old enough to remember a life before it. The promenade wall makes for a great place to sleep on a Friday night in August.

... the wagon?" She asked, shivering so much that she could start an avalanche. "Because she has a horribly injured leg and can't walk." Noelle said, very annoyed now. We weren't half way up the mountain when the snow got up to Mr. Jones' knees. And he was pretty tall. "Now i-i-i-i'm w-wet and c-c-cold." Madison kept on complaining. "Well maybe if you would stop complaining you'd get warmer." Noelle said now super ...