19th November MATTHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We eventually staggered out of bed at around 1 pm and managed to get showered and changed just in time for Pablo and his dad to pick us up in his new (by cuban standards) Kia. The drive to the airport took about 30 mins with a couple of wrong turns but we arrived about 15 mins before Matthew's plane landed. Of course with baggage claim, immigration and customs it was still about an hour before he finally emerged. (we had...

4th November Flying to Cuba!! With our flight leaving at 10.30, we had to check in at 6.30am, we didnt sleep at all last night and so had been up for 22 hours by the time we had to buy our way out of the country ($28 each!!) in tax and then fill in cuban visas ($15 each) before presenting our passports and being allowed through the security gate. After a quick look round the tourist shops and duty free where you could buy a litre bottle of Morgans spiced rum f...