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Tourist heaven
10th March 2012 - So - off to Varadero today - our seaside relax time!! We had booked on the local bus at midday, but ended up on our bus with Roly, George and the two Swiss girls, who were also going to Varadero - and Roly offered to make a detour to get us all there before heading home. Bit of a romance going on with George and one of the girls …
ALOVA GOLD HALONG FAMILY HOLIDAY
We come to Halong by service of Vietnam Package Travel in 67 Ly Nam De Str. Miss Huyen Is tour guide. Once we had made up our minds that we would be stopping in Viet Nam, we were certain that Ha Long Bay would be one of our stops. It's described by many as one of the most beautiful spots in a beautiful country. The bay is filled with thousands of rock formations rising out of ...
MY EXPERIENCES ABOUT SAPA TREKKING AND HOMESTAY TO
... a glimpse into the daily life of a big minority group, Black H'Mong. They are much friendlier than and definitely not as aggressive as the ladies. The hike through the mountains and rice paddies was just picture perfect. There was a nice waterfall about half-way. And with this village, we got to see how the local people really lived and worked. Water buffalos play an important role in Sapa because they help to plough the rice fields as there is no modern machinery to ...
Marina Chapelin (Varadero)
(Dette innlegget er primært med for å sørge for at kartet som viser turen vår blir riktig. Slik innleggene var skrevet og organisert, så det på kartet ut som at vi dro rett fra Trinidad til Havana. Dette stemmer såklart ikke. Nå ser derfor det hele mye bedre ut.)
Etter at vi kom tilbake til baaten igjen litt ut paa ettermiddagen ...
Sunshine and beaches
... in Cuba, CUP and CUC. We have to use the CUC or convertible peso's, and they are about even with the Canadian dollar. Local's are supposed to use CUP's or monnaie nationale, which is 1:25 to our dollar. However, anything good is priced only in CUC's so a few local's told us the CUP is losing it's usefulness. Most things geared towards tourists are less expensive then in Canada, but not as cheap as you may expect.
The next morning we walked down ...