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July 8, 2019
The last day together for Helen and I in the US has finally arrived so I am up early to get organised. All of my gear has now been sorted and I have the bags ready to go on Stan. I had plenty of time so I decided to ride Stan over to the Hawthorne […]
July 4, 2019
At the bus station I kill a bit of time working on the blog; I had booked us seats with ‘Megabus’ as their timing schedule suited us better than Greyhound. I paid an extra $6 each to get a premium seat that was up near the front on the top deck. The bus turns up […]
June 30, 2019
Today we fly to Las Vegas and I am pretty excited as I am really looking forward to seeing my old mates Carl and Suzie – the couple that myself and Big Mick stayed with on the last trip. Unfortunately they are out of the Airbnb game now but it shouldn’t affect the fun too […]
June 24, 2019
The flight to Newark Airport New York from Havana is normally 2.45 hrs however we had a delay in landing due to heavy rain and it ended up being 40 mins longer. The flight itself was quite turbulent and I saw a couple of passengers throwing up into their sick bags. We finally land and […]
June 22, 2019
We started our last day in Cuba by getting up early and heading off to breakfast at 5 Corners Restaurant where we had eaten before. Out came the continental breakfast which was a feast of fresh fruit, juice, coffee, toast, eggs and bacon – all for the total price of 9 CUC. A walk back […]
June 18, 2019
The next morning I am up early to complete another blog post – I have been trying to take advantage of having a good internet connection to catch up. Packed up we go down to breakfast and we are just finishing up when the taxi arrives about 15 minutes early (they all seem to […]
June 17, 2019
Hilceilia gives us a tour of the Hostel and then sits down with us and uses a map of Trinidad to go through various tour/activity options. She gives us a few ideas to think about and Helen goes out for some supplies while I get stuck into sorting out the photos/videos/blog. Thankfully the Hostel has […]
June 15, 2019
The Hostel is a house at the front with the accommodation out back and on the 2nd story. We go in and greeted by the concierge who introduces himself as LeNoel? LeNoel is 25yrs and works for the owners as he speaks a few languages and the owners only speak Spanish. We get a […]
June 12, 2019
After breakfast we fixed up the bill and headed off on foot over to the main road to catch a taxi. Taxis are everywhere and there is no need to flag one as the drivers are constantly stopping if they see you; The address is not that easy to find but the driver […]
June 10, 2019
It was great to get the first blog out of the way although I am still working through a few technical issues. I had hoped to get this one out earlier but it has been near impossible to get a decent internet connection. I forgot to mention that just before landing in Havana I woke […]