8th June 2013 - have been up and down most of the night feeling sick so that isn't great. Decided to walk over to the gold museum. Only got a little lost but thanks to google maps, that I can now use again thanks to Internet. Was able to hire an audio guide in English and spent the next couple of hours looking around the amazing collection of Pre Colombian gold. It showed thousands of different gold pieces from the different regions around Columbia. You could see...

7th June 2013- last day in Cuba. Spoke with one of the other girls in my dorm and she has friend heading to the airport this afternoon so walked over to the Casa he was staying at and we can share a taxi to the airport at 1pm, which is a little early for me but I don't have enough money left for a taxi on my own so will just head out there early I guess. Walked in to the old town for a last look around. Brought a street pizza for breakfast, not ideal breakfast dr...

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...

4th June 2013- Had arranged for am early breakfast by mistake so woke up for that and ate inside the house in the families formal dining room which was a little strange. Tried to read over some of my Spanish notes to see if that would help me during the day. Then after breakfast back to bed to try and catchup on some more sleep. The heat and humidity makes me feel really tired. Then packed the bag and went out to meet the group to set off on our horse riding expa...