Habana Riviera

... resuena por todos lados. Estuvo por acá el Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano. Fuimos a un viejo y renombrado cine llamado Riviera a ver una Peli de Rep. Dominicana. Era un dramón, pero nosotros y el resto del público la pasamos ...

We cruised up the Italian Riviera from Viareggio to Portovenere.  What a beautiful trip.  It's amazing seeing the coastline from the water. We anchored in the Golfo della Spezia and had the kids and the water toys in the water within ...

... can imagine. Even old Jawa motorcycles with sidecars were proud to be on the road. All seemed to be running well.  Our Habana Riviera Hotel had the biggest lobby I’ve ever seen and 3 huge elevators. Des and I dropped our bags in our spacious ...

... or run their own businesses, all business are government controlled.   For the second evening in a row, we dined at the Habana Riviera Hotel Restaurant. Cuba is not known for its cuisine, as there is a certain lack of variety and, maybe, ...

14.03.10 We found Cuba to be an interesting place to visit. Cuba is a Communist country. The hotel we are staying in must have been a state of the art 5 star, 20 story hotel when it was built in the 1950's, but is now looking tired and worn out. It is on ...

13.03.10 The waves were crashing over the Malecon (Cuba's famous sea wall), when we woke up, so after breakfast I took my camera and photographed it in action. Some cars were being swamped with sea water. As I entered into an area near an old colonial ...

11.03.10 The bus trip to Vinales Province was long and interesting. We were the last to be picked up at our hotel so we had to sit apart on the bus as there were no 2 seats together left. Des sat with Andy, who was studying in the US, and I sat with ...

I boarded the plane, Cubana Airlines from Bahamas. Immigration in Cuba would ask for your accomodations in Cuba and if you want a stamp on your passport. I opted not to. Perhaps, next time I will. Maybe, I should go back. At the airport, there ...