9th January Well, things have gone from bad to worse to a living hell! Tried to change my flight which leaves on 14th but no go so I'm stuck in Cuba in this freezing, most expensive in the world, god-forsaken place! Thought a few days on the beach might be the way to go to cheer me up so I arrived in Varadero at around 2pm today and it was blowing a hurricane. Of course it could very well be blowing a hurricane and I wouldn't know given that I have no access to ...

4th Jan Well, it's official.I don't think coming to Cuba was a good decision. I should really have gone elsewhere, I hate to say it, more touristy, to learn my Spanish. I'm finding it really difficult being here not knowing anyone with no reading material, no TV and not much to see and the few days have been a real challenge over new year etc. It's also ridiculously expensive and I'm rapidly running out of money which is a concern given that there are no ATMs an...

4th Jan Well, it's official.I don't think coming to Cuba was a good decision. I should really have gone elsewhere, I hate to say it, more touristy, to learn my Spanish. I'm finding it really difficult being here not knowing anyone with no reading material, no TV and not much to see and the few days have been a real challenge over new year etc. It's also ridiculously expensive and I'm rapidly running out of money which is a concern given that there are no ATMs an...

Just want to apologise that I am about a week behind (Cuba is rubbing off on me although I should be 100 years behind at this rate). The internet costs around US$15 per hour here and only works for around 2 minutes of that time. Don´t think I´ve ever been so frustrated in my life, especially when I´m trying to book the next leg of my trip which is Brazil and where I´ve been told by various books and people to simply expect to be attacked and robbed and I can...

Oh my God! I feel like I've stepped back 200 years - in every aspect. I've written a whole entry on Havana and a few lines on arriving here yeserday but the internet cafe I'm in has some kind of restrictions and I'm not able to access my usb or any kind of word document. Will try another cafe otherwise Cuba entries will have to wait until I hit Brazil where I assume it's a bit more forward! To make matters worse, email has shut down on me every time I've got in a...