Hotel Islazul Moron

Arriving at the airport we were greeted with isolated thunderstorms and humid weather- checked in at our hotel and collapsed in our rooms after the 16 journey from our front door. My family and I did very little here in the first week except the occasional ...

First time off the North American continent, in the 1970s. Loved the palm trees and the Caribbean white sand and clear blue ocean. No big hotels on the beach in the 70s: now it's a major tourist destination, so I'm glad we enjoyed it before the Americans snuck in!

... on tarkoitettu hampaiden pesuun ;) Pepen maha ei suostunut kunnolla toimimaan, ekana paivana kappailimme Raimon kanssa muutamia tunteja lataamalla rahaa vaihtopisteesta ja ATMsta. Etsimme autoa vuokralle -varsin huonolla menestyksella, syyksi selvisi se etta n.2:n kk:n ajan kuubalaiset ovat saaneet vuokrata autoja ja vuokravirmojen autovalikoimat eivat ole balanssissa kovan kysynnan takia. Tamahan yllatti meidat taysin housut kintuissa ja jouduimme valitsemaan Bussimatkan cine ...

... learn English. Raul: English is good. Attack the enemy in the pocket. And attack they do! No better time, tourists are flocking to the country before Fidel dies. We arrived in Havana and it was roasting. The taxi from the airport was expensive. No buses for tourists so there was no way around the problem. Got dropped at the apt. where we stayed for two nights. Tiny. A mum and two daughters rent out two bedrooms to visitors. They had two ...

... one of the largest ships as well. In fact, the ship is sold out with about 3000 passengers and 1200 crew. I have been on quite a few cruises in my days, and I was pleasantly surprised at how wonderful the crew is on this ship. They may be the best I have ever sailed with before. Yesterday was our first of many sea days we will have on this sailing. We were sailing off the coast of Cuba today and I was hoping to catch a glimpse of Fidel Castro smoking a cigar ...

... raises its hand, and you then wait for the next person to come over and ask "el ultimo": it's then your turn to say that it's you. Then you can go and do something else, or just sit somewhere. When the bus arrives, everybody knows who is in front and who is right behind them, everybody takes his place and the queue forms itself in a relative calm. As for pick ups by car, a state employee is there to provide extra organisation, and mainly stop cars who can take ...

One city, a flea market, two women, two cameras, and too much time to shop, enough that we missed our shuttle bus! Oupps!<br><br>Lots of beggars, of poor people, it was a bit hard to turn all of them<br>down, but if one doesn't, within minutes you get swamped by mounds of<br>them...of course, polite Cheryl Lee was surrounded swifftly, I had to instruct<br>her to be firm, she had a hard time doing so.<br><br>We entered every single booths from the large flea market, managed to ...

Landing by 9:00 pm, small easy airport but not so funny border patrol officers; they make you sweat and feel guilty just by long stares at you! They also take photos of your full back. Customs / Duty were fairly fast, had we been in the right lane! <br><br>Had to wait almost 45 minutes for a late, ignorant couple that should have stayed stranded with the patrol officer.<br>It's past 10pm and the thermometer reads +30'C, hot and humid as hell!<br ...

... Russian and English. We take off and the cabin fills will smoke...it's ok, we're assured by the air hostesses, it's not serious, just the ventilation. Later, the air hostess comes round with refreshments. She offers me Ciego Montero Sparkling lemon and lime, Tu Kolao and orange. We arrive in the airport. First stop, the loo. A well-rounded lady offers me loo paper. Upon exiting the loo, she doles me out my ration of soap, requesting a dollar....it's official. I've landed in Cuba ...

With huge ambitions to get around and see all of cuba, we made our way to the bus station in town to see how the bus system works. Since everyone spents their whole life waiting around in lines, there is a very smart system to lining up. for example. You walk into a bank, look at the bunch of people sitting around and not appear to be in any order, yell out ¨who is the last person¨, someone yells ¨me ...