Hotel Horizontes Herradura
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A nice place to find ourselves in early December.
Varadero is a beautiful beach resort stretching 20 kms along a pennisula east of Havana.. It is a welcome change after the excitement of Hthe capital...nice food, relaxing beach massages , long walks and plenty of beer.
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Sun, surf and tourists
This is a top pick! Dubbed as a "must see" and even "the best beach in the world", I naturally pencilled in Varadero to see what all the hoo-haa was about. A few hours from Havana on the luxury tourist bus (in sub-zero conditions) and what seemed like the middle of nowhere was actually the bus terminal. Using my non-existent grasp of the Spanish language, I …
Varadero and Touristland
We returned to our familiar hotel, Club Herradura, in Varadero. The food did not live up to our experiences in the casa particulars in the rest of Cuba, but hey, the price was right. We checked the price of beer in a local grocery store and found we could buy 24 cans of beer for 2 dollars. That works out to 8.3 cents a can. This was Rosamund's day …
First Impressions
With our luggage pared down to a minimum, Michael drove us to the Canada Line and we boarded the Air Canada plane to Varadero, Cuba without a hitch. Others in the airport where we landed commented on the improvements as we were ushered into the country and picked up our Cuban currency as instructed, at the airport. Cuba has two currencies, one for …
ALOVA GOLD HALONG FAMILY HOLIDAY
... confident or eager to get on boats, especially without a lifejacket on. But after a quarter of a year on the road, and being in a wide variety of travel situations, I wasn't anxious at all. I did make a mental note of where the life jackets were stored, but felt fine as our skiff chugged it's way out to where our boat was anchored, belching out gray smoke that matched the skies ...
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