We should have taken the bus! – Th...

Well greetings once again, first thing first I don’t think I broke my thumb in the end, I think i just badly bruised it as you can check out on this photo. 17 hours away to Havana from Baracoa by bus and to be honest at this point we were both getting sick of the bus so for $100 we bought a flight from Santiago back to Havana which only takes 2 hours. For some reason I didn’t realise the airplanes would be relics like the cars. I saw a couple of bi-planes in Baracoa which I believe they use for short distant flights. Entering the departure lounge I could see...

Who the f&^k is Antonio Maceo and F...

We had 3 full days to explore the town of Baracoa and its surroundings. Columbus had been here in 1492 and said it was ‘The most beautiful land he had ever seen’. So now its time for another great explorer to set foot in the area, if its good enough for Columbus then its good enough for Random. The long road to Baracoa takes you up over the mountains and then down through the cloud forrest before reaching the tropical jungles below. Banana, Coffee and Coca plantations are just a few of the many fruits and beans that are grown in the area so you can imagine that...

The Revolution will not be televised ...

If Che Guevara could see the state of Chris and I as we rolled up to his city he would be ashamed, here I am not able to lift my bag due to my hand throbbing uncontrollably and Chris who looked like death warmed up as he was coming down with a bad cold. Luckily the revolution is over and Che doesn’t need our help to fight in his guerilla army as I’m sure if we were in his army then they would have lost the battle for Santa Clara. Our Casa was right in the centre of town and our host couldn’t be more lovely, a old lady we called Mama Cuba as she treat us...

Bring your daughter to the pig slaughter...

Scratching my head and reading the Lonely Planet I was getting a tad confused about a few things. 2 currencies, one for Cubans and the high priced one for the tourists called CUC. No hostels, only state run hotels and Casa Particulars which is basically living in family homes, they are only allowed to have 2 guests per room costing about $25 a night. No Internet, how am I going to cope? State run Internet with limited access for Cubans. Buses that can only take Tourists and taxis that can only take Cubans. And that is just the start of it…… read on. You would...