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Havana

Havana El Floridita bar. Where Ernest Hemingway frequented the bar. Camel bus Cuba the largest island in the Caribbean Is a nature's lovers paradise, with rain forests, swamps, a large limestone cave system, beaches and coral-reef's. Salsa and music heard beating. Old buildings and cars still set in the 50's. Cuba has something for everyone. It is rewording to discover for your self. I have been twice to Cuba and spent a total of 6 weeks. Staying in casa’s particulars. I often hear from people who visited Cuba that they did not like it. They did not like the food and being hassled by the local Cubans. Was the main complaints. But for me Cuba is a wonderful place and you are warmly welcome. Cuba is different That’s what makes it unique. It’s the Cuban way. And you just go along with it and you will have a time you will cherish.

Bay Of Pigs Cuba

Bay of Pigs Playa Giron  Battery charger Crab invasion. Each spring millions of reddish land crabs emerge from the forests surrounding the Bay Of Pigs, to breed in the nearby sea. Crossing roads is just one challenge for the crabs to make it to the sea. Crabes in the bay of pigs Cuba. Our drive from Playa Giron to Playa Larga. Bay Of Pigs

Trinidad Cuba

Beautiful and colorful historical city, to take a 1000 photos. There are many casas particulares where you can stay with a Cuban family. Carnaval Primero de mayo 2005 Trinidad View from bell tower Chicos playing bassball Playa Ancon, pure white sand and clean turquoise water. Just 8 km's from Trinidad.

Viñales Cuba

Just booked 2 weeks in Cuba with my brother John. We have only booked flights and looking to stay with a family. After landing in Havana, showed our travel card to passport control "with hotel plaza named on travel card as our place to stay" and went straight though to exit. A lady hanging outside the airport gave us a card to a Casa Paticula in Havana. We showed the card to a taxi driver as a place we wanted to go and sheared the taxi with 2 Italians who had also just landed. After dropping the Italians off at their hotel , we stopped somewhere in Havana and the driver shouted out the window of the taxi and from apartment above, a man shouted back "no room available here" and he run down the stairs and he jumped in the taxi and directed the driver though the streets. We was taken to a Casa Paticula in China Town.   Casa Alex , was a very nice place and was welcomed by Alex and his family. We unpacked took a shower and went out for a beer in China Town. There was