We arrived in Nassau 3 days ago and, after being in Cuba, it is a seriously huge contrast! Nassau is a millionaire's playground and flying over the island you can see the mansions, each with a pool bigger than the last. It is also a big shock to our wallets! First of all there were no buses from the airport...this is the kind of places with 'ladies that lunch' and who don't do buses darling! When we got to our hotel our wallet took an almighty hit. I had booked t...

Okay, it's Ian by the way. I'm sitting in an apartment in New York on 3rd April and it's late but Suzy really wants me to write up a little something about Cuba, so here goes. I apologise for the fact that it's pretty brief but I'm REALLY tired! > Most people we met in Cuba would like to see some changes and quite a few felt that if the US administration allowed Americans to visit as tourists and stopped the embargo then the economy would be greatly improved ...

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...