For the last two nights we have been back in Havana staying with Luis and Fefita who we stayed with when we first arrived in Cuba. They are truly the most lovely people we have met on our travels and have made us feel like family. Luis was always smiling and joking with us and kept calling us his "ninos" and Fefita would always greet us with a huge smile, hug and a cry of "Chicos!". We were actually quite sad to leave them today. Yesterday we...

Today we walked to the cemetery, which we had been told was worth a visit. We had also been told that it might be closed but we didn't have any other plans for the day so decided to head there anyway. We came to an area that was just scrub land covered in lots of rubbish so we were beginning to think that we had been sent on a bit of a wild goose chase, but we had seem some other tourists coming from the direction of the cemetery so decided to give it the benefit...

Those damn cockerels woke us up again at 5am!! Every time I hear that sound now my hair stands on end. However, it was an early start anyway to get the bus to Cienfuegos, which is only an hour or two north of Trinidad. We drove through it on the way to Trinidad and it didn't seem like it had much to offer a tourist so we got quite a surprise when we started to explore. The homestay we are in is palatial! It is owned by two sisters Miriam and Gladys and a husband...

Before we left the UK someone told us that pens and soap were hard things to get hold of so anytime we got soap in hotel we saved it to take with us to Cuba and we bought a big box of pens just in case. Having spoken to some guides we have had in Cuba it seems that there was a shortage in the 90s but it is available in any shop now...that is only if you can afford it of course. But a week into Cuba and we are still carrying around Boots supply of soap. We were be...

I was quite chuffed that we had seen a few iguanas on our travels but today blew those sightings out the water! We went on a catamaran excursion to Laguano Island, so named because of it's reptile inhabitants. It took two hours under motor to get there. It was a shame we couldn't put the sails but A) there was no wind and B) there were 30 Germans, 2 French, and two Scots cluttering up the deck! We had a little time for some snorkelling before docking at what I c...