Isazul Hotel Las Americas Santiago de Cuba

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... I refused to ride in my bed (where the original attack occured) so I went as far as I could go to the other side of the seat and watched for the beast to attack again. Everyone knows that those things are just full of germs! We stopped at a rest area, and I ran around in the grass for awhile. But when I got back in the truck it was still there - waiting for me. I was so nervous I hardly got any sleep ...

... had one other facility a little further away with real toilets and showers but even it was dirty and uncared for. <br><br>Our tent site was some gravel surrounded by thick shrubs with played host to a myriad of bugs, and as we later found out&#8230;animals. We set up our tent, and tried to get a fire going but to no avail. Trust me, we did everything by the book&#8230;but the wood refused to stay lit. Cooking our meal over the campstove proved difficult and tedious, and with no ...

... the fabric isn&#8217;t shredded.<br><br>The service station attendant told us to park there for the night if we wanted, so we stayed put and enjoyed a delicious meal in the café. All of the men in the restaurant wore cowboy boots. We enjoyed listening to two couples at the next table carry on about how their children refuse to discipline their grandchildren.<br><br>After dinner, which was about 9 p.m., we were pretty zonked out.<br><br>Don&#8217;t fool with Mother Nature!

... heldere dagen kan men zelfs Jamaica en Haiti zien liggen. Na het avondeten richting hun casa gelopen om verder af te spreken. 12-12-2008: vandaag afgesproken met de portugezen om La Gran Piedra te bezoeken. Na wat rondvragen een Lada met chaffeur gevonden die ons wel heen en terug wil brengen. Halverwege de rit worden we aangehouden en moeten we onze paspoorten tonen. Geen van ons vieren blijkt die bij zich te ...

... with the other two guests - two anthropologists travelling with their two young children from the states. They explained the situation with the airlines - Cuba received a few airbuses from Venezuela recently so domestic air travel is nowhere near as sketchy as it once was. A nice option considering we had to get to Havana tomorrow. We decided to take care of our administration first so went to Cubatour to ...

... they decided to go to Cienfuegos on the same bus as us. I tell ya, they just couldn't get enough! :) Three hours into the trip we stopped at the best bus stop I've ever seen in Latin America - it was called the Oasis, and it had great trees and lawns and quite seriously some of the cleanest bathrooms I've seen in Cuba. They had both toilet paper and soap! They had food too that was pretty darn good! Kara and Leigh got off about six hours ...

* see pics on... www.rubyfunk.shutterfly.com Wednesday saw me onto another bus for the 12 hour trip to Santiago de Cuba... The trip was through some great scenery - the Cuban countryside is very clean - and really interesting as the farming methods used seem to be from about a hundred years ago. I arrived after dark and was met by the seemingly nice Mirtha (time would prove otherwise...) and whisked off to her casa. I think Santiago de Cuba was definitely my ...

... of the changes. We arrived at the airport and Grandma Theda, Grandma and Grandpa Trapp, and Aunt Theresa were all waiting for us. It is SO nice to be home. We had an amazing time in China, but it's incredible the things we take for granted at home. Like clear, blue skies and being able to drink water from the faucet. Included are some of the last ...