Havana Resort

... heart in Cuba. Tiime to go back. Time to dance. Time for some warmth. Time for a brief break from working overtime every month. A resort was considered, but six years ago after my day excursion into Havana, I vowed that next time I came it'd be to there. ...

... vliegmaatschappij) en anderzijds alles wat Havana te bieden had, hebben we de hoofdstad uiteindelijk niet meer verlaten. In Havana bezochten we achtereenvolgens het centrum, Havana Vieja en Havana Vedado. Het centrum bestaat uit een enorme verzameling ...

... last week or so: 1895: War of Independance - Spanish rule ends, but US begin plans to 'Americanize' Cuba Early 1900's: Havana prospers due to huge sugar crops, and US tourism (largely due to Prohibition in USA) 1934: President Batista (endorsed by ...

... tas vol schone kleding. Kortom, een koopje naar mijn idee en de eigenaars van de casa ook helemaal gelukkig. De busreis naar Havana verloopt soepel na een aantal stops en om ongeveer 13:00 pm aangekomen op het Viazul busstation in Havana. Tesamen met een ...

... , read the book instead". Though we loved Havana... we decided it was time to move on ... next stop... the infamous beach resort of Varadero.   Some costings: Beer: depends on the barman... ususally between 1 cuc and 2 cucs Food: depends on ...

... childhood home of Che Guevara only an hour or so outside Cordoba where we were based. The National Revolutionary museum in Old Havana was therefore attraction number one for day one of our Cuban trip. The museum gives a detailed account of the background ...

... . I didn't really like such state-sanctioned hypocrisy and honked loudly at all those other inconsiderate tourists driving beside me. Havana itself is an amazingly city. Old Havana has been given a new coat of paint and sparkles beautifully. We ...

... finally arrived in Mexico City airport - the airport I hate the most in the world - with only 60 minutes until our flight to Havana left. The reason I hate Mexico city airport so much is that they have a habit of not putting up gate details etc until the ...

... involved with tourists is (99% of the time) in dollars, leading to the wealthiest citizens being prostitutes, hotel/resort employees, and taxi drivers. (4) There are no youth hostels, only expensive hotels and private homes - called casas particulares. ...

... far away from work. This really translates into meaning that we did it all wrong. Those of you heading to Havana should avoid staying at a city resort such as we did at the Hotel Copacabana. The food stinks (the food stinks pretty much everywhere in ...

... that they would do anything for a stranger. Anything except their jobs. If I needed to find a building five kilometers away in Havana complete strangers would approach me and ask my permission to walk with me and show me the way. Apparently it was their ...

... carried my bag along with hers, which I thought was kind...I never did see my leftover bag again... Day 2, Vedado, Havana, Cuba    A crowing rooster wakes me. My room faces east and the sun is peaking over the high-rise apartments ...

... very colonial with beautiful architecture and plazas, Havana Centro had a more worn and Vedado was more of a residential neighbourhood. Havana's museums were definitely interesting (for want of a better word). The museo de la revolucion was comprised of a ...

... interior.  Our destination was Vinales in the western part of Cuba, a village that was as much as a culture shock as Havana had been – literally a "one horse" town of two or three streets with pigs, chickens and horse and carts passing down ...

... when you fly them it feels like you´re on a roller coaster and you want to YAK! I am spending 6 days here --- 3 in Havana and 3 in the beach resort of Varadero. So far it is exactly what I expected --- a country that is very much stuck in the 1950´s. ...

... hit by legs, arms and if lucky my shirt. The next part of the trip included a 3 night all inclusive stint at a Caribbean resort. Alex, Mark, Sommer and myself had a ball just hanging in the pool and drinking/eating it up. A new member joined our group ...

... vid from Katie the next day and it was pretty good!) Friday Up early to meet our friend and head out to Grand Mayan resort... Yes, it was a timeshare sales presentation I am not going to bore you with the details of our stupidity (ask me when I get ...

... & I had a great time and would definitely recommend Cuba and travelling around a bit of the country (i.e. don’t just stay in Havana or a Beach resort). Staying in Casa’s is by far the best approach and Cubans do Mojitos really ...