Visual Timeline Highlights
Nicole and I are back in Los Angeles and what a trip we had. Sorry for not being able to post our photos while away but here they are. Aye, better late than never. Enjoy!
Lorna.
Timeline Begins:
departing from LAX. Posing with Hays, who drove us in his 2 seater pick up truck. Nicole graciously sits in back like a pretzel while my knees slam into the glove box. Who knew it would be a precursor to our experiences in Cuba. Thanks, dude.
Figuring out the digital camera in flite.
Aerial shot from one of the many flights. We got to Cancun and were shocked to see such devastation from the hurricane. Trees were blown down. There was debris from houses destroyed. Our flite also experiened the hurricane's fall out. As our plane was landing a few feet from the tarmac it suddenly pulled up. Dramatic but what a fright it gave me and nicole, and most other passengers, too! Turns out that there was a power outage at the airport and the flite tower people told our piolets to circle until they could figure things out. We circled around the airport in the yucatan for almost 15 - 20 minutes. we landed safely with a gulp in Cancun. Had a four hour lay over which i wouldn't recommend.
We caught the last Mexicana Click flite to Cuba. Arrived in Havana at midnight and went through customs (Aduana), passing cute little dogs like cocker spaniels sniffing people and suitcases. it was a long wait in baggage, but nicole saved the day by preventing a woman from accidentlally taking our bag.
After getting to bed at 2am here is our first full day in Habana Vieja, Old Havana. Talk about going back in time.
here's where we stayed the first few days in a casa particular, rooms rented to travelers wanting to escape the hotel scene. more time warp elegance. it was like hanging out in our respective grand and greatgrandparents' homes, mine in Harlem, Nicole's in Nebraska. And now still in present day Cuba.
Here is our first host Don Pepe from Pepe and Rafaela's. When Nicole told him about Bloodletting he lifted his shirt and showed us his scarred back from a serious problem that he says he had surgery for and never paid for. His son is a doctor practicing in Venezuela.
views from Habana Vieja casa particular terraces. que linda!
more great eye candy!
Wearing comfortable shoes and using a guide book with a map are key.
Lorna.
Timeline Begins:
departing from LAX. Posing with Hays, who drove us in his 2 seater pick up truck. Nicole graciously sits in back like a pretzel while my knees slam into the glove box. Who knew it would be a precursor to our experiences in Cuba. Thanks, dude.
Figuring out the digital camera in flite.
Aerial shot from one of the many flights. We got to Cancun and were shocked to see such devastation from the hurricane. Trees were blown down. There was debris from houses destroyed. Our flite also experiened the hurricane's fall out. As our plane was landing a few feet from the tarmac it suddenly pulled up. Dramatic but what a fright it gave me and nicole, and most other passengers, too! Turns out that there was a power outage at the airport and the flite tower people told our piolets to circle until they could figure things out. We circled around the airport in the yucatan for almost 15 - 20 minutes. we landed safely with a gulp in Cancun. Had a four hour lay over which i wouldn't recommend.
We caught the last Mexicana Click flite to Cuba. Arrived in Havana at midnight and went through customs (Aduana), passing cute little dogs like cocker spaniels sniffing people and suitcases. it was a long wait in baggage, but nicole saved the day by preventing a woman from accidentlally taking our bag.
After getting to bed at 2am here is our first full day in Habana Vieja, Old Havana. Talk about going back in time.
here's where we stayed the first few days in a casa particular, rooms rented to travelers wanting to escape the hotel scene. more time warp elegance. it was like hanging out in our respective grand and greatgrandparents' homes, mine in Harlem, Nicole's in Nebraska. And now still in present day Cuba.
Here is our first host Don Pepe from Pepe and Rafaela's. When Nicole told him about Bloodletting he lifted his shirt and showed us his scarred back from a serious problem that he says he had surgery for and never paid for. His son is a doctor practicing in Venezuela.
views from Habana Vieja casa particular terraces. que linda!
more great eye candy!
Wearing comfortable shoes and using a guide book with a map are key.
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