to watch the cannon fire but wasn't sure with this weather if should go or not. Meet up with a girls from the tour and we shared a taxi out to the old fort site. It is the large imposing rock structure. Paid entry and hired a guide to show us around. The guide was amazing he spoke English really well and knew so much about the site and history of Cuba. We visited the old church which during restoration works they had uncovered humans bones buried in unmarked gr...

5th June- Breakfast at my Casa and then just packed and had a slight rest as am not feeling very good this morning. I think the long day in the sun riding, heat and dehydration has all come together. On the bus at 9am and drove for a couple hours, back through Cienfuegos. The road followed the coast so a little windy and at time ordinary pavement but again provided for interesting scenery. Drove past an enormous mango plantation. We arrived in Santa Clara and vis...

30th May- Don't know if it is jet lag, heat or just lazy but struggled to get out of bed this morning. Enjoyed another fruit and bread roll breakfast at the casa before checking out and taking a taxi to the hotel I will stay at tonight as part of my tour. Left my bags at the hotel and then headed over to the Havana university. Walked around the grounds and then made way up to the anthropology museum. This was just the one large open room. It contains artifacts ab...

29th may 2013- Had a great sleep and woke around 8am in time to enjoy a breakfast of fresh fruit and bread. Meet an Aussie women at breakfast this morning and we set out together to help me get my bargens. There is little English spoken by the local people here, but I am not sure if my lack of Spanish is an all together bad thing... It means that when people are yelling things at me I can just walk right past and ignore them as I have no idea what they are asking...

28th May 2013- woke up early to finish packing and organizing my room ready for sublet. Once everything was away and everything in the backpack it was time to head to the airport... Backpack weighed in at 20kg which is probably too heavy but trying to pack for both warm and cold weather has caused excessive weight. Said sad and teary goodbyes before boarding the air Canada flight to Toronto. Flight was full but watched a couple comedy movies too pass the time. En...