The next morning I was awakened at my normal time of 5 by Gerry who said that my luggage was in the hotel's lobby. I was lucky; someone had moved my bag inside (thank you). Some other people's luggage had been left in the rain. After a cursory early breakfast we went to the airport to await the flight to Havana. Check-in was relatively organized...

We went from Tokyo to Havana via Toronto, Canada, and my mother flew there from Sao Paulo via Panama.

so, i set off to cuba feeling fairly confident, some nice dutch folk gave me a business card of a nice casa in the middle of tourist town in havana, got to the airport in havana (still optimistic) changed some monies, got a taxi agreed a price, gave him the card (with address on) and off we went, all was well, even broke into a little smile, the...

We were pretty stoked to get flights to Havana, Cuba for a week, especially as Fidle Castro had recently re-emerged with his first public appearance in over a year. Highlights - The cars!! Of course everyone has seen the photos of the old 50s American hulks that still cruise the streets of Havana, but it was still wonderful to see them- and they...

"What are you rebelling against, Johnny?" "Whaddya got?" -- The Wild One Despite my late-ish night I'm up before sunrise, down to the U.S. Interests Office for a shot of the forest of Cuban flags in first light. The de facto U.S. embassy has the greatest piece of performance art of the century at its gates, a made-to-order protest space, headed ...

With only Saturday to go before mom and dad head home, we have a really good Friday. This despite the cloud of foreboding over Jonathan's weird projectile yarfing. Last night at 1 a.m. everything just sort of flowed out of him. Same thing again at 8 a.m. It almost looks fake, this stream of fluid, like a bad special effect. It's very unlike a ba...

There are a few tricks for getting into Cuba that any American visiting the country illegally should know. The first challenge is successfully passing the luggage inspection. Now every country has those questions on their customs forms that everyone giggles about, no one takes seriously and to which you dutifully check off "no" on the cards they...