The first full day in Cuba star­ted with a tour of a rum museum, fol­lowed by a wander around the city even­tu­ally end­ing in the Pala­cio — a massive and thor­oughly ran­dom museum. Run­ning into a couple a Brit­ish girls in the even­ing I adjourned early while the oth­ers hit the town.

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Organised with care and attention into:

• bay,
• bicycle,
• casa,
• cassilda,
• cathedral,
• cuba,
• cuba2k7,
• havana,
• italian,
• museum,
• palacio,
• plaza,
• restaurant,
• rum,
• tour

Choos­ing not to dive on the final day, our trans­port­a­tion whisked us off to Havana early after­noon. After some trouble find­ing our casa, then more trouble find­ing a res­taur­ant, we wiled away the even­ing drink­ing rum and look­ing out across Havana.

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Organised with care and attention into:

• autopiste,
• balcony,
• casa,
• cassilda,
• city,
• convent,
• cuba,
• cuba2k7,
• exploration,
• havana,
• mini-van,
• night,
• photos,
• road,
• rum,
• travel,
• trinidad,
• wander

A frank and unflinch­ing account of my trip to Cuba in April 2007. Day 0 cov­ers pre­par­a­tion for the trip, trav­el­ling to and the first even­ing in Cuba.

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Organised with care and attention into:

• aeroplane,
• airport,
• beer,
• castro,
• cuba,
• cuba2k7,
• cubana,
• guide,
• havana,
• holguin,
• Holidays,
• security,
• taxi,
• travelling,
• water