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Location Date Sat, 30 April 2011 1304194477 Thu, 28 April 2011
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Well we have made it to Cuba safe and sound!
First stop was Guanabo - a tiny town just East of Havana where there was nothing much to do but lie on the beach - Joe coped ok with that. It was a bit of a culture shock for us - the whole 'dual economy' thing is unfathomable, nothing has a sign on it to tell you what it is or what it sells, Madeleine's Spanish is being tested to it's limit (which, let's face it, was never much) and it's about a million degrees from 7 in the morning till 8 at night. But, like I say, a couple of days on a wonderful sandy beach has made things easier!
Joe has made friends with the locals - two crabs that live in a gutter, 3 cats that seem to live on our balcony and sand crabs that live on the beach. She's also found her dream home - a seafront apartment in complete disrepair. We've also sampled some of the local cuisine - I was a little shocked to see 'Perro' on the menu, but soon realised this meant 'hotdog' rather than just 'dog'. However, having sampled said hotdog I'm not convinced it wasn't dog! But for just under a quid for dinner for the two of us I'm not sure we can complain.
We are now in a town called Matanzas - not seen much of it yet but it has an internet connection so it's one up on Guanabo.
That's it from us for now, having just spend 5 minutes uploading one photo for this blog (which resulted in an error, so you have an offexploring library picture to look at) we aren't going to update the photo album right now, but will do it as soon as we find a decent connection.
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nadia hey mads and joe glad you guys reached there safe and sound. sounds amazing!! can wait for the next blog!! n xxx
Lisa and clare Lol, sounds like a great start to the adventure. Glad you are safe and well. Can picture Joe kicking back in a run down condo, beer in hand whilst you carry out the restorations!! Mmm dog, rather you than me, but as you say, what do you expect for a quid. Looking forward to the next update, sending our love, stay safe xxxx
Aby Really cool to read this! Glad you're having a good time! Keep blogging! A x
Kathryn mckenzie Hey nice to read your blog sounds like you are making friends with the locals lol Hope you are having a fab time missing you in combat Kat
The Potter's and Geisdorf's Hey you 2 xx Glad you arrived safely It's good that you can do this blog so we can keep in touch, sounds like your having fun already. Have fun and stay safe xxxxxx Looking forward to the next blog xxxx Love from Andrew, Donna, Kristofer and Alek xxxxx
Tanya&Charlie glad to hear you got there all ok - sorry you had to endure such a rough few days on the beach in the sun - must've been tough :) haha I'm sure our last conversation bout houses definately didn't include another requiring a complete restoration - I know how much Joe 'loves' DIY!! Lovely to hear from you guys and that you're already having some adventures...try not to get too attached to any animals just in case they're dinner :) take care ladies love you both xxx