Home Sweet Home, back in our Rv. Before leaving Fort Lauderdale we wanted to have a look at the beach, and before leaving Florida the kids wanted to visit Universal Studios. Next stop Orlando. It just happened that at this time the Daytona 500 was on and Derek wanted to see it. First …
Author Archives: Sally Beasley
Back to Havana
8th February 2020 This time in Havana we booked a delightful little house in the old area, the booking included a walking tour of the old city. Fantastic walking tour, through the old city squares, we then caught the ferry across the harbour to Cristo de la Habana – Christ of Havana. Past Che Guevara’s …
Matanzas, Cuba
4th February 2020 Chris took us on the local bus to the port town of Matanzas for the day. Eva was already there to study and he was looking for a light bulb. Matanzas is called the City of bridges because of the 17 bridges crossing its three rivers. Back in the 18th and 19th …
Boca de Camarioca, Cuba
3rd of February 2020 As usual I had left it a bit late to book a casa but I did find an entire house, off the main street. Derek and I took a walk to the main square and ran into Eva and Chris who I had met at the immigration office in Varadero. They …
Varadero Cuba
Varadero 26th January 2020 I had high expectations for this place, because of all the tourist dollars that must go through there, only to be slapped in the face with them when I saw the town and our casa The town is run down and pretty scruffy, I suppose I was expecting something more like …
Vinales Cuba
All the tourists we met said how much they liked Vinales so we were looking forward to it. It was lovely to be in the country, tobacco fields, chickens, pigs, cows and horses. On the way into town we stopped at a tobacco farm and tried the Cohiba cigars. Our casa was lovely, …
Playa Larga, Cuba
A smaller village, less tourists, more dirt roads and cleaner. Lovely casa, great meals and very colourful bedrooms.We didn’t eat in the casa that much as it was $10 to 12 CUC each for a huge casa meal. Down the road for $5CUC you could get a fresh whole fried fish caught that morning in …
Trinidad, Cuba
Care free days in Cuba. 12th January 2020 Trinidad, Santi Spiritus, established in 1850s Arrived in Trinidad, where our new Casa owners were waiting for us. A lovely couple with no English so Google translate came in handy. Main square was lovely, historic, clean and full of tourists, but the further away from the square …
Havana Cuba 6th January 2020
I booked the casa on Airbnb in Florida, Pedro and Marilys the managers offered to send a taxi to pick us up and show us where to get a sim card (we needed this for school) and CUC money. The taxi driver was waiting for us with our name on a card. We were a …
Florida Everglades, USA
The Florida Everglades were much more interesting than I thought they would be. Firstly, the Miccosukee Indian Tribe We wanted to visit the Miccosukee who live in the Florida Everglades because they were having their annual arts and craft festival on the last week of the year. Like a lot of First Nations casinos they …