Observations on Cuba
Cuba in my mind has been romanticized more than any other places I’ve visited or intend to visit. It has always been on my bucket list as a must see before US travel completely opens it up and turns it into another resort covered beach…
The Cemetery – Colon Cemetery Cuba
If you have followed this blog at all you will know that I can’t visit a place without seeing one of its old graveyards. Here are a few from Colon Cemetery. Donations for the Dead Apparently this…
Hola, Hola, Hola
Talk about another world. Not in the sense of impoverished but in the sense of aggressive sales. As expected the change from the resort to Havana was drastic. When walking the streets on our first night in Havana, it was a constant barrage of peddlers….
Hemingway’s Room
The best room in the hotel, then and now. We were impressed to find that even though the bathroom in his room was closed off, that it had recently been remodeled. Compared to our room that the shower didn’t really work all that well and…
Havana Hotel
Ambos Mundos When booking the hotel, we were surprised to find that most places we liked were booked already so by the time we found the Ambos Mundos which was in the area of Havana that we wanted we took it worried that we might…
A Sail and the Beach
Down at the beach area they had little sailboats that many of these types of resorts have. I’m not an expert sailor in any way, but I have sailed a bit and took a few classes. Looking out at the massive blue ocean we decided to…
The Hat From The Market
Our second day we decided to grab one of the hop-on hop-off buses that stop at the resort. At the first stop near a market we got off and decided to have a look for some souvenirs where I picked up a hat to keep…
Tuesday
Hanging out by the pool, the beach, drinking, eating, relaxing, reading this is how to spend a relaxing vacation. Warm weather, no internet, and of course some good company. They had a model show on the bridge over the pool A…
The Cars
A trip to Cuba isn’t complete without a few pics of the cars. Prints available at RedBubble Prints available at RedBubble
Back at The Royalton Hicacos
Waking up we were happy to find that the sun was shining and our all-inclusive breakfast was delicious. As we were on vacation and making the best of a bad situation, we finished breakfast and promptly found ourselves a place by the pool to relax,…
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