1. Visa We bought our Visas online for like 20£, but Thomas cook was handing those cards out when boarding airplane so you can hand fill it. Contact your airline and ask if they provide it. 2. Money/banks/ATMs Whatever banknotes you bring, make sure they are clean and has no hand writing on it, tears …
We got up at 6:00am, packed our bags, had breakfast (no one brought even coffee lol, since we tipped only bartenders), got a coffee from coffee bar (proper coffee, not so watery as in breakfast place) and took off just before 8am. The morning fog was on the road. The drive was smooth. We stopped …
In the morning we walked in Havana old town. Amazing colourful buildings and the vibe of Havana. We saw La Bodeguita del Medio and Cathedral de la Virgen Maria. Wondering the streets were thrilling. We parked in front of hotel and a guy was objecting us parking there since we weren’t the guests, but I …
Our plan today was to go to Vinales – land of tabacco and cigars. 7:15am everyone got up. No breakfast and around 8:30am we hit the road or rather a traffic jam. There was an accident on the road. Once we managed to escape that we were going 80km/h via nice alley of palms. It …
Breakfast was too big today. We went to Area 53 cafe. They have double menus for locals and tourists as well as they gave us the wrong one first. They had nice backon and fries with egg on top and also sandwiches were nice. Then we took the car to go to Plaza de Revolution. …
We found out that night before there was a tornado in Havana as my family was asking how I was. 3 people died and 172 injured. We are all fine, just clothes and shoes were still soaked and no hot water in the shower. Electricity came back in the flat in the early morning too. …
We’ve got a great breakfast in our casa for 5CUC and left for a walk in Cienfuegos before leaving. Took some pictures and walked for an hour and a bit and got back to our casa to pickup my sandals, which my host kindly took to fix free of charge. They look like new! My …
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A day before while walking in Trinidad with mojito in our hands we met a guy on a horse, who was offering horse back riding into national park. He said 40CUC all included and asked 10 in advance. Immediately I said no money in advance, because he just gave some hand written note with his …
This more we woke up quite late only 7am, since we went to sleep after 1am. We were celebrating our friend’s birthday as well as celebrating of having one hour of Internet connection. You start appreciating modern world! This morning we ate breakfast in the casa. It was bigger and more variety than in Holguin …
Today was a bit crazy. First we went to see Lomo de La Cruz. Beautiful views of Holguin. We lost our “highway” and ended up in a complete pueblo. No road basically. Locals were starring at hour car and even jumping from their chairs to see it. Finally when we made to our asfalt “highway” …