Category: World Trip 2012-2013
A massive 139-day trip covering fifteen countries; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Iceland, Chile, Antartica, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Belize, Gauteemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, between 27 September 2012 and 13 February 2013.
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Saturday 8 December 2012 Highlights: Che Guevara mausoleum and memorial, Ice cream at Santa Clara Square, Night club farewell A leisurely start today as I slept in an enjoyed a lovely breakfast before a late checkout at 10 am. The good news was my right hand was starting to feel better, the bad news was…
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Friday 7 December 2012 Highlights: Government Internet Restrictions, Romantic museum, Trinidad Street Market, Palacio del Valle (Cienfuegos), Trishaw ride. While a lot of our group set off for a visit to the beach I had decided to visit the sites in the town. Before that however I lined up at the local Government telephone company…
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Thursday 6 December 2012 Highlights: Cayo Blanco Island Catamaran Cruise, Snorkelling in the Caribbean, Beach Volleyball, Dinner at Dady’s Gareth, Heidi, Shane and myself decided to go sailing in the Caribbean today. Actually locals are no longer allowed to do this unless they have a special license. The Cuban government is worried about defectors taking…
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Wednesday 5 December 2012 Highlights: Vintage cars, Walking tour of Trinidad, Street Nightclub Dancing Today we had a long 8 hour drive to Trinidad. During the drive I got to witness the many types of transportation in Cuba. They have these classic old American cars from the fifties, Russian cars from the sixties and seventies,…
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Tuesday 4 December 2012 Highlights: Cuban Farm, Vinales Caves, Dinner at El Paraiso (Ecological Farm) An enjoyable breakfast with Shane at his homestay began our first full day in Vinales. First up was a walking tour in the nearby National Park in a valley next to the town. There were lots of comments about the…
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Monday 3 December 2012 Highlights: Havana Walking Tour, Soroa Orchid Garden Tour, Homestay, Salsa lesson and dancing at a Night Club (YouTube video) Before we started our tour the entire group meet for the first time and introduced ourselves. The new members since last night were Heidi (Germany) and Shane (Ireland) who both got in…
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Sunday 2 December 2012 Highlights: Dinner in Cuba A very early start today as I wanted to have my included breakfast and checkin early to ensure I take care of the Cuba Tourist Card formalities. I had a big breakfast thinking it was unlikely to get a meal on the plane. Today I left a…
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Saturday 1 December 2012 Highlights: Relaxing at the airport Today was a chance to do basically nothing. I slept in until around 8.45 am and only really got up to go to buffet breakfast. As I had no plans to actually buy lunch I took my time and had a very full breakfast. As a…
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The USA leg of my world trip was a quick 9 day visit with a lot of plane trips to get to the three locations; Washington, New York and Orlando. This trip was planned to meet up with my mother so you could visit the East Coast of the US which she wanted to do…
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Friday 30 November 2012 Highlights: Business Class flights, Mexico City Immigration (not). A 7.15 am shuttle meant an early start especially to pack for the upcoming international flight to Mexico today. We were the only ones in the shuttle today and the friendly driver wanted to know our travel plans. Normally this is where mum…
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