In Cuba Writing About Our Trip Over

Well, we´ve finally got access to the internet and we´re already 7 or so days into our tour but you get that when you´re on Cuban time.

Flight over was long and uneventful (sometimes you wish something interesting would happen). Nic seemed to manage more sleep than me so I was most tired of the two of us.

We landed in LA in the morning and were staying overnight so we dropped our bags at the hotel and went to have a look around. First stop Santa Monica.

Our taxi acted as a bit of a tour guide as we wound our way through the typical LA traffic. Went past EA for all you geeks reading this, didn´t have any time to leave anything on the doorstep! Didn´t spend much time at the pier but did have a look around the 3rd st area (thanks taxi driver). After much mucking about we finally figured out the transport to the blvd and made our way there and had a looksie (chinese theatre, stars on the pavement).

Went back to Santa Monica to check out the vege place (Good Food Daily) we´d seen earlier to have a oversized meal which was fully vegan (nachos with some yummy sauce, salad and summer rolls). I´d go back to LA just to go there. Everything on the menu is Vegan but a lot of them have "cheese" on the menu, I guess much like the fake meat thing.

Anyway, back to hotel for an excellent nights sleep curtesy of the hilton.

LA seems full of mexicans feeding, clothing and tidying up after the everyday americans who think that sort of work is beneath them (broad generalisation). Pulling out my phrasebook would have helped on a number of occasions.

We flew to Havana via Cancun (where I got a burrito from Jesus!) and lots of waiting in airports.

When we got to Havana it was late at night and we were very ready to get to the hotel and sleep. Taxi ride was a little frightening as we didn´t really know what to expect and at night it seems a bit of a foreboding place. We were both wondering what we´d gotten into.

I´ve leave it at that for now I´m sure Nic is keen to get back to our casa in trinidad. I´ll write up the rest of our notes in the next few days, I´ll have trouble uploading photos until we get to Mexico so I´ll update these posts with a few pics when I can.