Villa DuPont Varadero

Día tres-Matanzas:

El próximo día nos levantamos temprano y manejamos a Matanzas. Cuando llegamos a la cuidad, empezamos a preguntar si alguien sabía dónde estaba la cueva de Bellamar. Anduvimos perdidos por un rato pero luego la encontramos. ¡La cueva era muy maravillosa! También había ...

For a treat, headed to this tourist hotspot for some beach time. All inclusive hotel sounded great after staying in people´s houses and living on rice and beans, but it was rather shabby to say the least! Hotel food buffet pretty gross (apart from breakfast which ...

... were in a different era, people had their washing out by the street !!! Not long after, we stopped to fill up, and it was just like a scene from Back to the Future. Guys came running to fill, check the air and water and all the cars were out of the 50's.

After they had completed their work, we moved onwards. The first big town was a place called Colon. Not named after your ******* but in Cuba, that is the name for Christopher ...

... a correr para não perder a reserva, passado este contratempo lá começou a nossa refeição, todos sentadinhos à volta do cozinheiro e este a fazer a comida na chapa e dar show :).
Depois de jantar fomos até à sala de espetáculos ver um show de magia, muito bom, teve também uma parte que foi só rir, quando o mágico chamou um gajo do publico e começou a gozar com ele sem que ele desse por nada.

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Our first full day in Cuba. We begin with a trip to the Front Desk to see if they have a new room for us. The elevator is still broken and no repair in site. We are told "Come back again tomorrow"! What can we do, this is Cuba and Cuban time. We find the restuarant and experience our first Cuban meal.

i loved this resort....at times the shower was barely warm, the food was bland and it was a bit cold and windy....but what a beautiful resort, huge! and the country and cities are beautiful...the beach was quiet and the pools were not packed...it was a great place to relax and take in the cities....very touristy and safe....you could safely backpack the country if you are from canada....they are a very friendly and helpful country.

... taken some time in the 1960's just after it was built. Instead, it struck me as an almost derrolect building that could kill you the next time you hit the light switch or set foot on the Staircase of Death. Apparently it was constructed as luxury apartments back in the day, but then either the bottom of the economy dropped out and the foreign investors left, or they realised how ****** it would be in 2006. Walking the streets was pretty depressing. Hardly any Cubans to be ...

hey guys its been a few days but we havnt done much different then usual so there was no point in updating it. Weve just been sunbathing and going snorkelling again which was aweosme and we went to a turtle farm v fun!! its really hot still the weathers been fab me and p are still burnt ...

... had to cross through a gate to get in. The area is very safe, and I honestly doubt that there is ever any crime here. From chatting with the locals it appears that if you get into trouble, you are moved out of Varadero into other areas of Cuba. The nightlife is composed of a couple of night clubs full of tourists and some smaller local bars. A few local hustlers will usually approach you in the streets trying to sell everything from ...