Feb 20, 2016 Playa Giron, and the European beach
We took the bicycles offered by Wilfredo and headed back to the Museum to look at the outside exhibits and look around a bit. The exhibits were in good shape and the building was being actively worked on which was nice to see. Maybe the next time we go we'll be able to get in […more]
Feb 19, 2016 Off to Playa Giron
We were up early to the Viazul bus station and off to Playa Giron. Playa Giron is a beach resort on the Bay of Pigs. We aren't big beach people. Bonnie really tries to avoid sunburns at all cost and I'm not a great fan of sunburns either. We were hoping to go to the […more]
Feb 18, 2016 The Cathedral, street art, street performances, and a visit to mecca.
After reading the blog for Havana you will get the idea that all we did in Havana was walk the streets, visit churches, and eat. And that would sum it up rather well. Whenever we get a chance to get into a church we take it. We don't really care what kinds of churches they […more]
February 17, 2016 The National Theater, Hotels, COFFEE, and just walking around
We walked around to the National Theater. On our way we stopped at the number two place on our list of restaurants. We looked at the menu and it had definitely had a "Trip Advisor recommended" bump in the prices. Prices were similar to what we have at home only in CUC which adds a […more]
Feb 16, 2016 Statues, a new church, art galleries and street art
When we were on the bus Bonnie noticed a piece of street art on the Malecon she hadn't seen before so she wanted to go looking at it. It wasn't far from our casa so we walked over and it was very impressive. One the way we noticed a couple of casas that will go […more]
Feb 15, 2016, a roach, a bus tour, and a grave yard.
We got up in the morning and had another visitor in the last of his death throws outside the door of the bathroom at our casa in the morning. The cockroach was mostly dead. We ignored it and walked around him and when they came to deliver breakfast, they disposed of the body. Construction noises […more]
Feb 14, 2016 Seriously, endurable?
“Did you see the size of the cockroaches in the shower!” was Bonnie's first words to me in the morning. I hadn't bothered looking in the shower so I went and had a look. They were rather large! They were on their backs and mostly dead. They were still wiggling a little. We left them […more]
Feb 13, 2016 A waiting day.
Today was a waiting day for us. The casa had other visitors arrive on the first Viazul bus of the day and we were on the second bus of the day so we had to clear out so they could turn the room over. It is a $3CUC taxi ride one way to the casa. […more]
Feb 12, 2016 Hotel Moka, Bird watching, The Banos of San Juan
We took a taxi to Hotel Moka and got dropped off with the idea that we would get picked up at 4pm at the Hotel Moka. We were planning on walking down to the Bano de San Juan. They were mentioned by Marlyn as a very beautiful spot. We wanted to walk down and be […more]
Feb 11, 2016 Off to Las Terazzas
We weren't leaving until early afternoon so that is a long wait. We cleaned up our room and left our luggage with Pinchito and went walking we walked up the street the opposite direction from Ermita and found the ball team warming up for a game. We walked down the long row of casas to […more]
Feb 10, 2016 Hunting for Cigars!
We walked out to the tobacco farm and the lady that was so pushy last time was not hanging around the tobacco house and we managed to arrive between the seemingly endless supply of Transtur buses. We talked to the local farmer who was there as a guide. He asked I was interested in buying […more]
Feb 9 2016, Cave Santo Thomas
We did the taxi run out to the Cave Santo Thomas. It is a 42km cave system. The $10 CUC admission gets you into one that is about 2 Kms long. There are big rooms, lots of popcorn, draperies, columns, stalactites, stalagmites, and even a few eggs. A nice calcite deposit but other than that […more]
Feb 8, 2016 Rain, cold, and the Botanical Gardens!
Both of us are feeling the effects of a cold. We have been giving our long pants a stress test, laying low, and getting a lot of rest. Between the showers we walked around and slipped into the church. It was open in the morning and it was still in very good condition and being […more]
Feb 07, 2016 The Vinales Hop-on Hop-off bus
It rained during the night and it was a muddy day. We took the hop-on hop off bus and did a full tour, several people did the same. Lots of people to the cave with the river. We did the full loop and got off at La Jasmine and took pictures then walked down to […more]
Feb 6, 2016 Walking around Vinales
Breakfast was good. Boiled eggs, bread cheese, pancakes, fruit, coffee, juice, and pasteries, served in the little kitchen in front of our room. We visited Vinales on our first trip to Cuba in 2013. There have been a lot of changes. At that time we stayed at Casa Maryiln and she was on the last […more]
Feb 05, 2016 Off to Vinales
Before we left NB we had purchased all of the Viazul bus tickets online. After all of the trials we had last year in the east of Cuba, there was a GREAT incentive not to have to buy tickets and then come back to check in another day. The Viazul bus system is a painful […more]
Feb 04, 2016 A day to adjust
Today was a walking around Varadero day. We were only planning on a two day stay in Varadero before going into Cuba for the bulk of the month. We would be back in Varadero for a few days on our way out. Next year when we are planning on the trip we are going to […more]
Feb 2 and 3, 2016 Off to Cuba again.
Hi we did our winter escape to Cuba again. We have been using Air Canada for our trip to Cuba we would leave at an ungodly hour 0420 to the airport get in to toronto in time to do a mad dash from Terminal 1 to Terminal 3 to get the Westjet flight to Cuba. […more]
