Cuba, October 2007
 Hotel Nacional, La Havana. Nice rooms, consistent brakfast, a piece of history. nearby is the former Hitlon occupied by the revolution Havana Libre Hotel. Going to oldtown for 4 CUC in taxi. |
 The Capitol, no art, but interesting architecture. |
 Partagas Cigar factory. We visited another factory in Santa Clara (3 CUC there 10 CUC here) |
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 A fatnastic and expensive (30 CUC with appetizers) concert with a member of the Buena Vista Social Club and at least 5 different singers. 120 minutes of pure happiness. |
 Baya dei cojones, pigs bay where Americans tried unsuccessfully to invade Cuba. Snokeling and idving every other mile. Superb place. Just paqrk your car and go into the water. |
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 Advertising permanent on the side of the raods. Good to learn spanish or get toknow the spirit of Cuba. Watch out the fourth one for americans. |
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 Cienfuegos. This is the yacht club and also a restaurant. Our hotel was the plaza Azul, the blue palace. Very nice, cean and not too expensive. |
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 After Cienfuegus on our way to Trinidad, a mausoleum in form of a cavern and a monument. |
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 Out of Trinidad, where we tried for the first tiem a "casa particulaes", private house. These houses are far cheaper than hotesl and give you this unique opportunity to meet real cubans and get to know about their life. |
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 On our way to Santa Clara we passed by Topes de Collante. This shoudl be a lobvey are for hiking, horse riding and nature overall. Bute with the water pouring over our head like this we just passed by fast. |
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 The museum of the train attack by Che Guevara in "his" city, Santa Clara. 15 persons capturing 300 and usgin their guns to |
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