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Habana - the pearl of Cuba?
After a good sleep we took the next taxi that drove us with a short stop in Las Terrazzas (we expected much more to be honest) from this eco-villiage. In Havanna we wanted to stay in a casa that were recommended to us by the girls from Hamburg, because it s close to the center. But of course somebody else picked us us and brought us few meters from there to a kinda straight casa. But Ok ...
The Time of My Life
"The Cubans won't let you not whoop it up. They won't let you not experience Cuba."
- Kendall LaMontagne Peterson, Friend & Cuba Crasher
Before I left for Cuba, I did a lot of research as to how to get there - through an official program, a volunteer effort, or just going rouge - and asked every well-traveled person I know all they knew about getting in. I had so many questions, with so ...
That's Habana With A 'b'.
... their nightly salsa evening. We met a lovely couple from Holland, Priscilla and Zander (who are ballroom champs and adore Strictly!) and shared the evening with them. There was an interesting mix of older Western ladies with younger Cuban chappies, also Westerner couples who could obviously dance very well, and locals dancing with each other. The live band was amazing but interspersed with a DJ whose selections James did not think so highly of!
- Liz & ...
Buena vista social club
... the government immediately. If you lease farm land from the government but do not plant any crops they will take it back off you…. Cubans are not allowed on some islands or on boat cruises. For this reason we did not visit any islands for day trips or participate in any sunset cruises. I am told the reason is a Cuban could jump overboard and swim to the USA. It’s not entirely impossible, our Susie Maroney did it!
Food is the biggest issue we have been told ...
Viva Cuba Libre!
... are almost completely faded. It's mostly a residential area, but there are several major commercial thoroughfares, a small Chinatown, and a large hospital campus. I was completely in awe as I first entered this neighborhood by foot from the Malecon (the storied boulevard that follows the seawall wrapping around the north side of Havana) on Christmas day. Walking down the narrow, largely pedestrian streets, the architecture is uniquely compelling, but ...
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