I wanted our last day in Cuba to just be relaxing, and I decided to call it “TJ’s Day”: A leisure day in Havana. Well, I let Han join in too. What is a day without my bestest friend? Of course we were served another delicious breakfast by Ari and took our time to enjoy …
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Feb 09
A Daytrip to the Pinar del Rio Province and the Viñales Valley
Woke up around 7:00, and was not in the mood for breakfast as it was too early. So I snacked on a piece of bread. Loaded up the car and we were on our way for the 2.5 hour each way daytrip to Pinar del Rio Province and the Viñales Valley area. The four lane highway …
Feb 07
Central and Old Havana Walking Tour
Today is scheduled to take the cow by the horns and do the central and old Havana walking tour. Three hours of sightseeing with our guide Jorge, an IT tech for a Havana hospital with as second job, guiding tours through the city and countryside. We slept like babies last night. Room was quiet, dark …
Feb 06
First Impressions of Havana, Cuba
Today I’m looking forward to getting the first impressions of Havana, Cuba, something that has been on my bucket list for a long long time. In the morning, the last one in Matanzas, we were able to relax with our host over coffee and then had the drudgery of packing. I was a bit sad because they …
Feb 05
Callejon de las Tradiciones, Afro-Cuban History in Matanzas
We had a very leisurely morning and were in no hurry to rush about. Cannot think of anything better than sitting on the porch with coffee and donuts (these donuts are dense and perfect for coffee dipping), while enjoying the breeze off the water. Around noon we called for our new taxi friend “Josnel” to go into …

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