Friday, 8 May 2015 We slept well in the rustic cabin, although it got quite cool during the night and we ended up sharing one of the single beds. When the staff showed up, we had breakfast in the open-air restaurant on the deck above the river. This consisted of stale bread, omelette, coffee, butter,…
Month: January 2016
Baños del San Juan
Thursday, 7 May 2015 We took a three-day side trip west of Havana into the province of Artemisa while we waited for our daughter, Clare, to join us. For the first night we booked a rustic cabin at Baños del San Juan. For the next two nights we booked a room at Hotel Moka in…
Busy day in Havana
Wednesday, 6 May 2015 Our new lodgings were private and comfortable but there was no view. The breakfast consisted mostly of boiled eggs which Susie will not eat, so we left the room early, retrieved some washing from Alberto and left a pack with him for safekeeping. We would have no need for our snorkelling…
Art Deco tour of Havana
Tuesday, 5 May 2015 After another fortifying breakfast on Alberto’s balcony, we set out to meet up with two friends from Sydney, Glynis and Johnny, who were passing through Havana at the same time we were there. Johnny had booked an Art Deco tour of Havana in a classic car for the four us before…
Havana by bicycle
Monday, 4 May 2015 Breakfast at Alberto’s was served on the balcony at an outdoor furniture setting made of white wrought-iron lace. The balcony was shaded in the mornings and it caught sea breezes that drifted up from the Malecón. Breakfasts always included fresh tropical fruits, and were beautifully presented. I was adjusting to the…
Waylaid in Vedado
Sunday, 3 May 2015 There is a small business in Havana called CubaRuta that organises bicycle tours of Havana. Susie had stumbled upon it while she was researching our trip on the internet in Australia. She had booked us on a bicycle tour on Sunday, so we arranged with Alberto to have an early breakfast,…
Havana at last!
Saturday, 2 May 2015 When we arrived at the Air Cubana counter the next morning we were ushered to the front of the queue, no doubt as compensation for getting bumped off the flight the day before. It made little difference, however, as we were in for a lengthy wait in a crowded departure lounge….
Waylaid in Mexico
Friday, 1 May 2015 After 3½ hours we touched down at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City. As was the case in Los Angeles, we faced a long queue. It seems that there is no such thing as “transit” any more: we had to pass through customs and immigration each time we passed through…
Leaving Sydney
Thursday, 30 April 2015 We had wanted to visit Cuba since our travels in Central America during the 1980s. In May 2015, we took six weeks off work and followed the dream. During our travels in Cuba we stayed in eight different locations: Havana, Las Terrazas, Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba, Santo Domingo, Trinidad, Playa Girón,…
Wundercliffe 