Las Cuevas Trinidad

... It took a while to find, but there was a band playing salsa music, and there were people dancing. Mojitos were being thrown down, so we joined in the fun. Mojitos that is, not the dancing, as my body can't do what these locals can do. I always thought that horizontal waltzing was more my style !!!

Day 2

I find that these Mojitos do not leave me hungover, so in the morning we hit the streets. Above Trinidad is a hill with a view, so we climbed it. The ...

... of San Francisco de Asís, before grabbing a bite of lunch. When we returned to the car we discovered its Kia badges had disappeared overnight, something we later found out is common in Cuba and ultimately cost us a fee to replace at the rental joint when we returned the car. Goodness knows why anyone would want the Kia badges though - it's not like we were driving a beamer or a merc! We didn't get hassled that much ...

... broad at this casa ... I took care of it myself LOL. feb18, After my typical breakfast of fruit and omelette which Yenni is pretty good at making. All my breakfast consist of a plate of fruit and fresh juice. My friend Guillermina, who has been coming to see me every day so far from La Boca, lives in Ciega de Avila. I met her the beach in La Boca and language was only a problem when we tried to speak. We spent many hours with a dictionary between us as I tried to improve ...

... sold and he replied no, they were used right there. I can understand the way things are when the government takes 90 percent of the profits on production. I can imagine that no matter how much control a government has on things ....it is pretty hard to start counting tomatoes or fish before they get to market. When I see the way the people live here and the general spirit of well being that is apparent in the smiles they wear, I wonder about our "advanced" economy. I am not ...

... get hit with some outrageous hotel prices. You laugh, but I've already booked an RT flight LA-Rome for next month, and this trip's not even over yet. But I should have things finally under control here economically and philosophically, so time to book, an excursion that is. Everything's not cheap of course, just food. Beyond a few cheap hotels they rise in price quickly and astronomically, and they still don't have wi-fi. I'm currently ...

17-12-2008; de bus uit santa Clara vertrekt om 11:20 en ik ben in de veronderstelling rechtstreeks naar Santa Clara te gaan. Dit blijkt echter niet het geval en via Cienfuegos uiteindelijk pas om 14:30 in Trinidad aangekomen. Op het busstation wederom aangesproken cq aangeklampt door een aantal lieden die een kamer aanboden in hun casa maar hier niet op ingegaan. Rechtstreeks doorgelopen naar de naabijgelegen casa Nery & Julio waar ik al eerder heb ...

... were, possible to spend the last few night there. A security guy (of which there were more than beach goers) stopped us saying that if we wanted to get to reception, we would have to walk along the beach and not along their walkway, only to have him and his cronies to harrass us all along the way. By this time I'd definitely lost my sense of humour for these men... Walking back we ordered a drink and sandwich at a bar. The Barman asked us to wait on a deckchair ...

... which cost a whopping £5 including **** loads of other food with it. Hard life!! As I said before, Trinidad is awesome. It's so chiled out, some cool people there, and it is easy to pass the days. It was quite tough to leave in the end, especially as it was the parting of the Oxford girls and us. It also meant we were heading to Havana, our last stop before heading home - I hate only having 2 weeks holiday!!

... both the Lonely Planet and the Rough Guide (which we´re using). It was great - I had fish, and Ross had some sort of pulled pork stew that looked great. Desert was fantastic too - flan. After dinner we went for drinks with Kara & Leigh at Palenque de los Congos, the local Casa de la Trova. The first band that played was great, and then it got into a bit of afro-Cuban dance that was still good, but a fair bit more repetitive. Our casa: El ...

... but he had a stick - all I could do was whip my reins backwards and forwards across the pony's neck like they do when the posse chases the goody in the westerns. Not the safest of terrain for this horse ride - Patrick's horse fell but luckily Patrick fell forwards out of harm's way and even one of the Gouchos' horses fell - he was trapped under the horse but then the horses were so under fed that no damage was done except to his ...