| The best laid plans.....
We arrived in Havana and took a taxi to the hotel, only to be told that there was no room for us and we would have to move to another hotel for one night. Worse was to come. The holiday had been planned as a two centre trip: a few days in Havana followed by 10 days in Trinidad - using this as a base to see the surrounding area, returning to Havana for one final night. When we tried to sort out our travel to Trinidad we were told that Hurricane Dennis had left the place devastated and we would not be able to get there. Therefore, we ended up in the one place in Cuba we'd wanted to avoid - Varadero. Luckily we met some like minded people who had also been due to be in Trinidad which made the stay in Varadero much easier to bear. We even managed to hire a minibus and travel through the mountains to Santa Clara, Cienfuego and Trinidad and saw for ourselves the destruction caused by the hurricane - power lines wiped out, roads partially washed away, but happily very few human casualties. |
From the balcony on the Hotel Santander on the first day Buy Print |
Our balcony at the Santander Buy Print |
Plaza de San Francisco de Asis Buy Print |
Plaza de San Francisco de Asis - Havana Buy Print |
San Francisco de Asis Buy Print |
Balcony - Havana Buy Print |
Still Running Buy Print |
Still Running Buy Print |
Locals in Parque Central - Havana Buy Print |
Inside the Hotel Florida - Havana Buy Print |
View from the Santander Buy Print |
View from the back of the Santander Buy Print |
Balcony Buy Print |
Hotel Santander Buy Print |
Havana Balcony Buy Print |
Another balcony - seen from the PArk View Hotel - Havana Buy Print |
Havana Street Scene - from the Capitolio Buy Print |
Havana Street - from the Capitolio Buy Print |
Cars outside the Capitolio Buy Print |
Choose your taxi Buy Print |
From the Capitolio Buy Print |
Havana Street Buy Print |
Havana Street Buy Print |
Snap! Buy Print |
Raining in Havana Buy Print |
Havana Street - from the Park View Buy Print |
Havana Sunset - snapped from a moving taxi with my small camera Buy Print |
The world famous Tropicana Buy Print |
Still running Buy Print |
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta Buy Print |
The Malecon Buy Print |
Blue. On the Malecon, Havana Buy Print |
Another Havana Balcony Buy Print |
Welcome to Cuba Buy Print |
Cuba's highest bridge - on the road from Havana to Varadero Buy Print |
Pina Coladas Buy Print |
Typical Cuban bookstore Buy Print |
Arches. Varadero Buy Print |
A Lovely bunch Buy Print |
Dusk, Varadero Buy Print |
The Che Guevara Mausoleum - Santa Clara Buy Print |
The Che Guevara Mausoleum - Santa Clara Buy Print |
Che Buy Print |
Che Buy Print |
The bulldozer at Monumento a la Toma Del Train Buy Print |
Monumento a la Toma Del Train Buy Print |
Commerce in Santa Clara Buy Print |
Hotel Central - Santa Clara Buy Print |
Santa Clara Buy Print |
Hotel Santa Clara Libre, unremarkable except for the unrepaired bullet holes from 1959 Buy Print |
Santa Clara Buy Print |
Santa Clara Buy Print |
A house in Sanata Clara - next door is the Paladar where we enjoyed our lunch Buy Print |
Doors in Santa Clara Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor, Trinidad - normally bustling with tourists Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor, Trinidad Buy Print |
Trinidad Street scene Buy Print |
Trinidad Street Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor, Trinidad Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor Buy Print |
Trinidad Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor Buy Print |
Trinidad Buy Print |
Plaza Mayor Buy Print |
Trinidad Balcony Buy Print |
House door, Trinidad Buy Print |
Trinidad Street Buy Print |
Trinidad Street Buy Print |
Trinidad Balcony Buy Print |
Knock Knock. Trinidad Buy Print |
Trinidad Street Buy Print |
I'm sure that guy was watching me, watching him. Buy Print |
Trinidad Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Taking it easy in Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos street and a bit of camera shake in the fading light Buy Print |
Yellow and camera shake. Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Sharon, Kenny & Nigel, Cienfuegos and more camera shake. Buy Print |
Angles. Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Cienfuegos Buy Print |
Arches - Varadero Buy Print |
The hotel beach - Varadero Buy Print |
The Hotel Beach, Varadero Buy Print |
On the Catamaran Buy Print |
Natalie, snorkelling at a coral reef Buy Print |
Carol, snorkelling the coral reef Buy Print |
Sharon & Nigel Buy Print |
All at Sea Buy Print |
Ship Ahoy Buy Print |
The beach huts where we had our lunch Buy Print |
Lunch at the beach hut Buy Print |
The staff at Varadero were so sorry to see us go!! Buy Print |
Heaven is in the back seat, Varadero Buy Print |
Varadero town scene Buy Print |
Angelo - the saxophonist at the Du Pont Mansion, Varadero Buy Print |
Back to Havana Buy Print |
From the roof of the Inglaterra Buy Print |
The Roof of the Cabaret Nacionale and statues held on with pieces of string. Buy Print |
Parque Central Buy Print |
Fresco on the roof of the Inglaterra Buy Print |
Looking towards the sea Buy Print |
The Roof of the Cabaret Naciona Buy Print |
Havana Library - taken through the window Buy Print |
Evening in Havana Buy Print |
Shall we dance Buy Print |
Art for sale Buy Print |
Street Scene - Havana Buy Print |
The Camel bus - Havana Buy Print |
Camel Bus Buy Print |
Havana Street Buy Print |
Havana Street Buy Print |
Memorial Jose Marti, Havana Buy Print |
Che Buy Print |
Revolution Square Buy Print |
Che Buy Print |
Vigilates y Combativos Buy Print |
