I havent written my online journal for quite a while as the internet was difficult to access in Cuba and upon arriving back in Mexico I received some really devastating news from my family so I wasnt feeling up to it for some time. But I had wriiten about the rest of my time in Cuba on paper so I will go back to those two entries. 26/07/06 So, the last time I wrote we was in Trinidad, trying to leave for Santiago de Cuba. Infact we ended up staying ther...

Have spent last few days in the town of Trinidad. Its a pretty town with pedestrianised cobbled streets, a lovely central plaza surrounded by colourful colonial buildings. And it is only a short taxi-ride to a pleasant beach. It's not a very large town, feels more like a village, there are alot of tourists but as it has been declared a World heritage site everything is unspoilt. The nightlife is surprisingly good as well. We are staying in another casa parti...

Well, the last few days in Havana were a bit of a culture-overload! On Wednesday we visited the Revolution Museum. It was quite educational, but way too much information to take in in one go! I learnt quite alot on Cuba's troubled past, we were there for most of the day and by the end of it my concentration was lapsing a bit, which is a shame because parts of it were really interesting. It spoke of the Spanish invasion, the destruction of the Amerindian gro...

Wow! In Cuba now. Its amazing! Arrived on Saturday evening. Never seen anything like it in my life and know I probably never will again. Its sooo bizzare! On arriving at the airport we hooked up with an ozzie guy we met in Mexico and we went to find accomodation, we found a casa particular (which is a room in a family home) and the 3 of us have been sharing a pretty tight room with an en-suite bathroom - but no door - yuck! Its in the residential area of Centro...

We have booked our flight to Cuba! Yay! We leave tommorrow for 3 weeks! A friend we made here went there today and we're meeting her out there. She actually lived 10 mins walk from where I was living in Hackney, how weird - such a small world! We're all a bit weary of what to expect of Cuba, everyone we've spoke to who's travelled there is really secretive about it. They just say its amazing but weird and cant describe it. Hmmm... cant wait to find out what the ...