Horizontes La Ermita
Travel Blogs from Vinales
Cuba Part 1: Living in la Habana
First Impressions.... Okay, so I have arrived in a beautiful, historical city, where I am to stay for 1 or 2 months. Even the tattered buildings and dusty streets are charming. Vintage cars add to impression that I have stepped back into time. I am living with Ania Ramirez in her Casa Particular in Centro Habana. She is a lovely woman, who took the …
A Cuban experience.
... hole with some locals that they had met whilst feeding their now present hungover state.
Roy didn’t mind the change of plan as we agreed to go to Pinar Del Rio the next day. The trip to the river wasn’t until 2pm so we relaxed back at the casa until it was time to meet everyone at the bar on the corner.
We met the 7 or 8 guys that had invited Nadine & Moshe & they had no problem with us joining in. There was also a group of ...
Sunshine & Star Fish
... to visit the island that requires a ferry ride, not that they’d be able to purchase the ticket anyway! We didn’t want to go to one that locals are forbidden to visit- why should we be allowed to go where they can’t?? Its their country....isn’ it??
Having ‘fresh tourists’ printed on our foreheads, a local named Roy introduced himself to us one afternoon offering us a car for the following day. 40 CUC was his reply ...
A l'Ouest de Cuba, du nouveau...
... Levisa, a heavenly island which where advised to us by simply everyone who talked with about it ("We wish we could have stayed longer", "We went there on a day-trip. We're going back to spend a night on the island"...). I sleep in the van (how lucky am I to be able to sleep in any kind of situation - big up to Fillipinos Jeepneys which my reference in the matter - watch the vidéo here: http://asieulike.canalblog.com/archives /2008/01/12/7535076.html), and then the ferry drops ...
Jackal y Jackarta
... o todos están sordos. No se vale que estén sordos porque yo duermo con la pata estirada hasta en un concierto de Sepultura y esos jodidos gallos armaban un escándalo infernal. Sinceramente, si hubiera tenido una escopeta creo que me hubiera liquidado a 105 gallos de los que andaban por ahí.
Dejando gallos a parte y la señora cansina de nuestra casa (nuestra porque fui con el coleguita griego Nikos y esos sí sin mariconadas) viñales ...