I decided to not go in for my last day at university and instead start my private lessons with Juan, a teacher that Jesus recommended that does private classes for £3 an hour. I realised I only have a full week left so may as well start a fresh. I had two hours of lessons and felt really happy and confident by the end. I met Jopi in town after and we went for lunch a great little place where they do a set menu for about £3 for three courses. We had banana daiqu...

Getting up at 7am was pretty difficult again but the class went by reasonably fast. I was starving by the break and tried to find the school canteen. Something I was doubtful even existed. When it comes to food, I've learnt to have low expectations. However, there was a canteen that sold some form of corn snacks which tided me over! The canteen and common room wasn't pretty but better than nothing! And on the wall as you entered was a condom machine so everyone...

I went to Museo de Bellas Artes, Cuba's premier art gallery. In terms of museum content, it could be my favourite art gallery I've ever been to. I loved 90% of the paintings and sculptures which were mostly from the art deco period. My favourite painter is an art-deco artist called Tamara De Lempika, and all of the pictures displayed contained elements of her work with a Latin twist. The paintings were a mix of Cubism, art-deco, neoclassical mixed in with Afric...

After a long few months struggling to find a real job while working possibly the worst job in London as a charity fundraiser in a call centre, I finally struck gold when I was accepted for a job as a travel consultant. When I heard the words "congratulations you got the job" I was jumping for joy. I found out on my break during what would be my last shift at the call centre. At that moment I wanted to pull a Jerry Maguire and throw papers in the air, yank out m...