CUBA | Tuesday, 3 Nov 2009 | Views [1679]
Getting back to Havana from Trinidad would be a long arduous journey but was half the fun! Juana woke me at 8:00 AM because I asked her to last night. Immediately I washed up and went to the kitchen por mi desayuno de bananos, guayaba de jugo, pan y ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, cities, food, hitchhiking, mojitos, old cars, people, socialism
CUBA | Tuesday, 27 Oct 2009 | Views [3478]
After spending five days in La Habana, I decided to make a run for Viñales. Let me tell you first how I got there, because getting there turned out to be half the fun. After taking a taxi to the Autopista (Cuba's central highway) I wanted to hitchhike.... Read more >
Tags: caving, culture, hiking, karst landscapes, old cars
CUBA | Wednesday, 21 Oct 2009 | Views [3069]
When I first landed in Cuba, I must admit I was a little bit scared. In the "address in Cuba" I wrote the address of a casa particular that I had no intentions of staying at. Since I'm American I had to ask the customs official not to stamp ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, history, old cars, people, socialism