Thank You
I have just arrived back in Spain after 5 months on the road, and what a ride it has been; certain people have followed by trip the entire way on my blog, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed writing it. It’s very early to have a certain view on the trip in retrospect, [...]
In Transit
28th of May: I arrived at the international airport of Habana around 1:30 in the morning, and was asked to pay 50 CUC instead of 40, as the airport is 25 km outside the city, I didn’t like this new concept, and refused to pay anymore than 45 CUC. Inside the airport the security is [...]
Cuba’s Heartland
24th of May: Early morning, tiny breakfast, and out about to see Camaguey. It is a great place, especially the lack of city planning appeals to me, after months of every single city and village being laid out in a grid, these random streets seem to cheer me up. Camaguey is not an extravagant place, [...]
In Search Of A Revolution
21st of May: I studied the Cuban revolution quite a lot in sixth form (college/high school/gymnasiet/VGS), and I am therefore quite eager to see the important sites of the revolution, but first I went to Santiago, some two hours east of the Granma landing. It didn’t see any hard fighting, but it is Cuba’s second [...]
La Habana
17th of May: Having gone to bed around 2 in the morning, both of us (Lisa and I) slept very late, but when we got up, we checked out of the casa particular (wasn’t a nice one, and we both had reservations other places), and headed to where Lisa had a reservation, and then I [...]
