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Tue, 24 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [488]
We got the early bus from Santiago de Cuba to Baracoa & were at the bus station before 7 with our Korean friend from our casa & our Dutch travel buddy Ilona. Baracoa lured us in with the promise of nice beaches, cacao, spicy food & good hiking ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [510]
Decided to try a second beach excursion knowing it would probably not live up to our expectations of a 'nice beach'. We heard that despite still damaged from the cyclone a few beaches near Bacanoa out of Santiago were ok so we headed to Playa Cazumel.... Read more >
Sun, 22 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [459]
Following breakfast on the rooftop of our casa with our new Korean housemate - a really sweet young journalist from Seoul our friend Ilona came to collect us for the days adventure.
We spent the morning wandering around the city & ended up at ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [493]
Today was another transit day. Not particularly significant, just 12-13 hrs on a bus & 650 or do kms. On the plus side we made friends with a Dutch girl taking a similar route to us & have plans to venture around Santiago together. ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [623]
We rode for about 40 minutes in the hot Cuban sun to Playa Ancon. It wasn't exactly the beach day we had longed for...
The beach was pretty average, dirty sand & murky water but hey it's still the Caribbean right?
We lazed for a while getting ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [661]
We set off early to the bus station going to get to Playa Larga & then go snorkeling in the bay of pigs. Nothing quite seems to go according to plan at the moment & we got to the transit stop to discover the bus wasn't for another 4 hrs. We rejigged ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [424]
We both slept terribly & bailed on our morning plans to run the Malecon hitting snooze until breakfast.
We had an assortment of interesting fare on offer from the Casa kitchen- eggs, spam, cheese, jam, sweet bread & fruit. We avoided the spam ... Read more >
Tue, 17 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [345]
Despite getting dropped off & waiting at interjet's domestic terminal in Mexico City we made it to the Interjet international check in counter & then to Havana!
Landing late afternoon we hopped in our dark green Chevrolet taxi and headed towards ... Read more >
Tue, 6 May 2014 | By katia | Views [1564] | Scholarship Entry
The boys sit along the sea wall. They comb the tops of their heads where the perfectly styled layer of hair sits. The sides are shaved revealing ears with golden studs. They have eyebrows more immaculately shaped than Bette Davis. The singlet each wears ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Sat, 3 May 2014 | By sophiew | Views [567]
Hapiness eludes me
No matter the place
The vocation
The person
The lanuguage
The light explodes
My heart sings
For a brief moment
And then
No more
Sobbing for it
My lungs hurt from nothing
That ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, belonging, family, home, life, love, soul, trekking
Sat, 3 May 2014 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Lovely, exciting, musical Habana
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Fri, 2 May 2014 | By pauluiza | Views [1465]
Of course I have to tell you that our flight was over two hours late, we take more time waiting than actually flying. When we get to immigration in Cuba, the lines are huge, and while you are waiting you are harassed by officers asking to see your passport ... Read more >
Tue, 4 Feb 2014 | By irenecabay | Views [1538]
It was raining slightly when we touched down at Santa Clara airport. The remainder of our week was hot and sunny!
Our bus was waiting to take us to Memories Paraiso Azul Beach Resort . Since our plane was late, our 2 hour bus ride to ... Read more >
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 | By mearle | Photo Gallery
Four days spent in Havana, Cuba
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