Hotel Porto Santo Baracoa

... or information, someone in the household will find the help you need.

This family embraces you as one of their own while showing you essential Cuban daily life. Their family and friends drop by -- and you are invited. There is never any pressure to participate, but always a feeling of being welcomed should you wish to join in. The children are warm and friendly, bright and sensitive.

... home on a horse and cart.  The horse was so tired, after 500 meters and all our money gone, the horse gave out, he was on strike and nobody could do anything about it... so it was another long walk home.  
One evening we were on our balcony and our neighbour who was already tipsy started to chat with us across the street.  He invited us for drinks at his house, Craig took him up on the offer. Armed with a bottle ...

... nous on a pas eu le temps de remonter grand chose pour rentrer avant la nuit.. mon meilleur souvenir de Boca de Yumuri est avec Jana de sauter des rochers dans le fleuve et le poisson sauce coco qu´on a deguste sur la plage! le soir Casa de la Trova salsa, salsa, salsa... Vendredi 22: journée avec Idio et Jana chez le neveu d´Idio : Yordris. discut, salsa, déjeuner. PM playa Neptuno ...

Tuesday 8th July First things first, me & Ben headed to the Cubacar office near the Santiago de Cuba Hotel and got ourself a sexy little car for 3 days, as the girls had decided to brave a road trip with us! That was easy - the tricky part was finding our way out of Santiago de Cuba after paying for our casa and some cheap Cohiba cigars!!. After various people telling us the wrong information (including a policeman ...

As soon as I arrived to Baracoa I knew I was going to regret it. I left two good friends and worm sunny place for 2 days of raining cats and dogs and the owner of casa particular that ripped me off. Luckilly the town has a Casa de la chocolate and I was comforted a little... In my poor state of mind and soul I was naive enough to believe the sun would come to Baracoa and I would be able to spend some time on the beach, so I stupidly pay la casa ...

We arrived in Baracoa today after making a stop to look over Guantanamo Bay. It was really cool to see. It´s amazing to see the difference in the quality of the roads and the houses compared to the rest of Cuba. We could see the top of the prison too but not inside at all. We were looking through a telescope from a safe distance! Going back, after Trinidad we drove to ...

... Cuba and so the competition between the Casa owners is even more intense, almost WWF style (!) when you step off the bus. I went with two sisters who looked after me like a princess - $10 a night for an en suite double room with private terrace and three meals a day (I had prawns twice)!! This was good since Havana had cost a fortune ;-) and, as I discovered the next day, drawing money in Cuba attracts an 11% commission fee!!! Apparently this is only for dollars ...

... and the care taken of us was second to none. Whilst the cost seems quite high initially i feel that if you stayed in a hotel with this quality and choice of food, had all you meals included several shows and tours, it would cost twice as much and we visited a new location each day without having to move hotel. I would have liked to sample the nightlife in the countries we visited but we left each location before dusk.

... vacationers. Day 5 - Thursday We took it easy today, we went to the Buffet for Dinner. For some reason my appetite is getting smaller each day. I always get like this on trips. I rather have fun then eat. That's not good. Well One reason why I was not feeling like eating because earlier in the day. I agreed to join Christine and myself in the Miss Atlantico contest. Yup that's right. We were on stage, making a fool of ourselves. I swore Christine was gonna kill me. We ...

scenario number two: i love cubans. obviously, being a woman, i met many many men. i find them v pleasant, as i did last year. they have at least halfway decent chat-up lines and if you rebuff them, they just shrug it off and leave you alone. they stare, but not in a way the asians do, but a way that makes women, or at leasy myself, feel special, for want of a better word. but ...