So Christmas day arrives and problems start to rear their ugly heads.We open the beautiful drapes in our fabulous room on Christmas morning and ................................ HELLO!!!  What is this RAIN??????Yes it was and had been raining for some time. So it continued for most of the day, puddles everywhere. We were lucky to have our wonderful 'Mountain Warehouse' Cagoules that we were hoping to wear in fabulous Rain Forests in the next few weeks. It...

Room 710 , Parque Central, central Havana, sky blue, time in Cuba 7.45am time to our U.K. bodies 12.45pm! Beautiful, pristine coffee machine in our room. Coffee or filters????? No way! That isnt part of the deal. So we head for breakfast quickly as we to need to get out as we have just 2 full days to explore this manic, decaying capital that has been neglected through many decades of Revolution and Communist rule. Its people on the whole look well fed, but the s...

 Monday 15th December 2014, Gatwick to Havana Cuba, courtesy of dear Mr. Bransons airline, Premium Economy. Treated like humans, "Can you hear this B.A.? and the dreadful service we got from you crossing the pond in February." Lovely staff, proper cutlery, a choice of wines, ice creams with our films and a packet of LOVEHEARTS to enjoy, no less to ease our ears when we land. That was the good part of the day, the chaos of Havana airport was ahead. We landed at ...