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Sat, 21 Jun 2014 | By kikkijayne | Views [458]
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 [577]
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 [619]
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 [391]
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 [314]
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 >
Thu, 22 May 2014 | By -wanderlust- | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By beneaththesamemoon | Views [352] | Scholarship Entry
I just realized I was really in Cuba when a dark-skin man gave me back my passport and said "BienvenidoJaCuba". There was so much in that accent. I was already in there, one of those mythical places that because of trend or revolutionary instincts of ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By madwoon | Views [281] | Scholarship Entry
CUBA DREAMIN’ AND THE STEAK IS GREY Do Not Look Stray Dogs Or Men In The Eye. They Will Follow You. Ah, how to end this sordid affair with Cuba? It was Day number 10, and we were back where we started. Old Havana. We discussed staying in, indulged in ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By eudaimonia | Views [342] | Scholarship Entry
Wind-blown, with faces reading "joy", we ride to hope. Fractured, green hills of the illustrious 'Valle de Viñales' keeps us company. Sky is non-scorching, bluish warm. We keep speeding on our rented scooter. Symptoms of human civilization are not found ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By rockhopper | Views [365] | Scholarship Entry
Time seems to have stood still for some fifty years on an island kept afloat by the frothy Caribbean waves that lash the Malecón on tempestuous days. The castle glows orange in the afternoon light as the shiny American cars of the 1950’s chug by. In ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By nellymatorina | Views [321] | Scholarship Entry
There was an experiential quality to my time in Cuba that could not be eradicated by lengthy storms and uncomfortable silences. I’m so consumed that it feels like a week-long lucid dream. a breathy task, no music will quite mask it, songs which play feel ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mathildejohnsen | Views [308] | Scholarship Entry
After almost a month in the harbour of Las Palmas it was time to leave. It was early December and the winds and the current decided it was time to hoist sail and steer for the West Indies. There was not much to do in Las Palmas for an 11 year old – I ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By -wanderlust- | Views [400] | Scholarship Entry
First night: the pleasure of the unknown; that kind of freedom that an uncertain destiny gives you. I’m staying at a hotel in Habana Central,one of the most neglected areas of the city where lots of buildings are ruined by over time. I decided to go for ... Read more >
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Fri, 9 May 2014 | By lmtduffy | Views [358] | Scholarship Entry
At the airport I exchanged my clean and colourful Euro's for a bundle of raggedy and almost leathery Pesos with images of happy farmers and revolutionary leaders. The taxi motors along a highway of palm tree's and blue skies. American made sedans in ... Read more >
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Tue, 6 May 2014 | By katia | Views [1545] | 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 >
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