Have the usual visit to the Hotel Palco to check email (internet is so expensive over here, the cheapest we've seen is 5 CUC per hour; is extremely limited, being restricted mainly to hotels and the 'odd' internet cafe; and the only place where you can get wifi is in ...
One of the sporting events I have always wanted to see has been a game of baseball.
Baseball is a huge sport in Cuba and some are fanatical about it here. In season, there are games every night of the week apart from Monday.
Norm briefs me on a few of the ...
The next day was a little bit lighter in terms of bikes on the road. Overnight most of them had gone. The festival finished on the Saturday and - whoosh - 90% of them had left by Sunday lunchtime. Guess a few had a long way to go.
Decided to go ...
Hired a car and headed off to Daytona Beach to see the last days of the annual 'Biketoberfest'. It's an annual event and attracts literally thousands of bikers from all over.
Managed to find a room which had a spare room (and I tried a few hotels) but didn't get up ...
Had a great time with Gibbo, Sarah and family. Was great to see them and, during the course of the days I was there we went to Universal, Disney and Epcot.
First time I'd been to either: the Morris's, on the other hand, have been coming here for 14 years (so ...
Gibbo, Sarah, Daisy and Sam are on holiday in Florida from this week so I've arranged to fly up to Orlando and see them for a few days.
An uneventful journey from San Pedro to Belize City then on to Miami and up to Orlando.
Reliance contact me and there is a ...
I bought an Apple iPhone whilst in Singapore, cracked for use with my pay-as-you-go UK Sim card.
Unfortunately the software, 1.1.2 can't be upgraded online (as I found out 2 hours after buying it :-/), fortunately the shop swapped it for a new one (as they hadn't told me I couldn't ...
A few days in KL and go and see some of the sites: Petronas Towers, Parliament House, Kings Palace, Independence Square, etc.
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Situated in a hotel just off of Chinatown food is excellent and cheap :D.
Hade a look on the internet for an onward flight to Los Angeles and it's a ...
A 0315 wake-up and outside for 4am to be picked up by 'Art' in the tour bus. I get in and am told, 'it's just me and him', no-one else confirmed. I am so pleased they didn't cancel this trip - cheers guys.
We have to be at the transfer point ...
We have 5 people to each boat and one driver, Gary. The plan is to head downriver and enjoy the sights and scenary of the awesome Grand Canyon. We're going to be on this trip around 5 hours so it's going to be a good day. The temperature is forecast ...