13 Mar
While in Havana with John Bongo we were invited by a good friend to attend a reception for international military attaches given at the Mexican Embassy in celebration of its Armed Forces Day. It was a very nice and relaxed affair and we thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality and friendship extended to us by our hosts. Read more…
8 Mar
It has become a tradition for Ed & Ed and Charlie and Jody to meet in Havana every February for a few days of good fun, cigars, interesting visits and interaction with our Cuban friends. Once again they had rented a fantastic Casa particular in the same Miramar area I stay and we had memorable Read more…
6 Mar
It was thanks to Alejandro Gonzalez, Alex, the famed Comodoro LCDH roller who once again recommended a great place, that we found this hidden-away place. And what an spectacular place it turned out to be. His previous tip, La Foresta a few years back had already been a great experience, this was equally so or Read more…
5 Mar
It was only fitting that we were picked up in an old VW Bus at Havana airport – Jos had driven his vintage VW Bus earlier that day from Belgium to Germany with Frank and his son Christophe to pick me up and we had driven in it to Frankfurt airport. So driving into dark Read more…
18 Jan
I’d like to start the new year with a nice project that a group of students is running in Havana. They offer free tours of Havana in their spare time so as to practice languages and earn a small tip if the tourist is satisfied with the tour. They speak Spanish, English and French and Read more…
28 Dec
A friend called it a Time Capsule. He could not be more precise in the description. Frozen in time, a time capsule, a monument to a past era. The Riviera Hotel at the Havana Malecon certainly is all that. And very quiet too, so you really have the impression you are intruding ( or awakening Read more…
21 Dec
Christian had left without being able to visit the Vatican as, due to some dumbass posting stupid comments on Facebook regarding the Talismanes release in London a week earlier, all visits there were cancelled and the saints had to pay for the sinners …. I never cease to be amazed by the stupidity of some Read more…
