Villa Xadry Havana

... held on well enough.

The hike up to the waterfall had great wildlife spotting on the way and our guide left us to it as it was a pretty obvious path to get there. Ended up sweating like never before and were happy to take a dip in the waterfall once we reached it. Not a very impressive size but a a good couple of meters tall with a nice lagoon below. Made the mistake of hearing that we could go higher up the path to get better views of the waterfall and thought this was a ...

... early in morning and cooking oil and toothpaste are considered luxury items.
Our first beach was Playa del Este, only 20 minutes from Havana. The first sight of the beach was 2 palm trees framing the pure white sandy beaches and crystal clear waters.  A place you coulfd get used to with mojitios and cuba libre's being brought to you on your sun lounger and delicious $1 hamburgers.  After a taste of the ...

... not to mention the weather. Then I met an attractive young German woman who was staying with Ania and we had a pretty interesting conversation with Ania while I waited to see if the internet would come alive during my second try at it for the day. Knowing that the people who deal with tourists are making more money in a day then doctors are in a month, I thought that their lives must be considerably better but "better" is relative. The cost for internet to ...

... qui a écrit la musique du feuilleton francais Terre Indigo. il joue actuellement presque tous les soirs au Havana Libre. donc ce fameux samedi dans le lounge de l´hôtel me suis assise près de Bonnie, c´etait la seule à pas être en couple! on a commencé a tchatcher, continué à tchatcher! Tomas nous a rejoint à 22h quand il a terminé et nous avons encore discuté tous les 3 jusqu´à 1h du mat. A partir de ce moment et jusqu´au 16-17 juillet ai vu ...

... really roads but rocky paths and as we pull up to people's gates a tout (Jinitero) hangs about trying to make some money of me. No-one is home at the Casa the driver knew of, so he takes me down the street to another unmarked home - that of Armando and Onelia - my hosts for the next 3 days. The apartment is scabby but will do the job. I head down to the beach and find that I stand out like a sore thumb. I think I'm the only foreigner in town ...

... tuxedos and everything on the menu. Yet the prices are only like going to Papa Gino's on Lygon street. CHEAP. It freaked me out. And it's the same in the market places. Everything is cheap. Yet it is heaps of money when it comes to the locals taking it from us. It really makes it hard to properly enjoy yourself here when you know why and how things are outside the hotel etc. Rum is 3.85 a large bottle, it spills forth for every Mojito, and there are little mobile bars ...

... betchya...(he takes a puff from a cigar as big as his head). Charles: Late start today, I missed the train. American Tourist: No, you didn't miss it, hasn't arrived yet. Charles: Oh, good. Are you here with that group over by the tracks? American Tourist: You betchya...(another puff)...I'm with the Minnesotans For a Better Today, and Tomorrow...and the Next Day too...(I'm just kidding, but it was some kind of hokey sounding group). Charles: Wow, that ...

... Nicolas som leide ut to rom i den fine leiligheten sin. Fikk hver vaar velkomst-drink. (Den beste rom og colaen kjersti noensinne har smakt :> Jeg selv holder meg til Jim Beam paa skilde med varm cola MMMmmm...) Saa fikk vi et langt foredrag om Cuba, Habana, hva man burde se, gj0re, ikke gj0re, passe seg for osv osv... Likevell skulle vi bare vaere i Habana en natt naa, og heller ta det igjen f0r vi skulle dra med flyet herfra ...

... then he stood there while i tried to get the room for a reasonable price started at 30 ended at 25, then i paid for the room and in front of me the guy from the casa gave the taxi man a fiver, my goodness i was very angry, i pushed them out the room and locked it, i was not in the least bit impressed! i was in a brilliant white room with bright lights, i was affraid team, no doubt, was not very confortable with the whole situation! so after a shower, some cigs and some ...

... in the internal courtyard. Anyway, you can just check that everything is clean and it's easier when people are already eating... if the place is not of your like, just turn back a leave with a weave and apologizes and many thanks. Don't engage yourself in a trick like:"ok, may-be tomorrow, no problem, we'll come!" because they will wait for you for sure!! Happened to us later on and the feeling is not that pleasant...