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American style 110 volt outlets just do not seem to match European style 220 volt plugs...
5 years agoReally nice looking produce!
5 years agoHa ha, you thought you were done with me for tonight, but one more question!:
About the Steripen and its batteries. For their "main" models - the Classic, Emergency, Traveller, and Defender, they recommend lithium AA batteries. With a name brand of these, they say you will get 80-100 cycles. I would be surprised to find lithium batteries even here, let alone there. What kind are you using? What model Steripen do you have?
Then they also have four more models, that use CR123 batteries. Say what?
p.s. 4 lithium AA on amazon.ca are $8
I see Villa Mar Havana in booking.com - is that how you found a place this time? Booking has not heard of CUC's. When I asked it for prices in the "local currency" it gave $US. I read that the CUC is pegged to the $US 1:1. Is that what you have found? Are you paying in CUC? Could you in principle pay in $US? The booking price was about $37 and $8 for breakfast. Did they get that right?
If you just buy water by the roadside, or something, would you still be paying in CUC? Would a tourist ever use a regular Cuban peso?
Ok last question - obviously Villa Mar Havana has wifi. Is it free? Is it fast?
Hey, this guy looks a bit like Hemingway!
5 years agoYou’re making a pair of believers, you know.
5 years agoGreat action shot.
5 years agoI’m jealous. No one has ever stopped and offered us a cabbage before.
5 years agoThat sky is incredible.
5 years agoGood alternative to bicycle travel.
5 years agoIt's surprising how much you think you know until you get here and realize you didn't quite understand it all and can no longer look it up, hahah! We are getting the hang of it though and it is actually much easier than we first thought. Next time I will for sure purchase a SIM card at the airport as I think that is the easiest and cheapest option for a long time here.
5 years agoFirst off, this is a fantastic place to cycle and there is something for everyone - hills, flats and ocean. Secondly, I know quite a few Americans who have come here so I think it's not a total no, you just have to figure it out. We will be back, absolutely, and probably more than once!
5 years agoI second that! Glad you found a way to upload some pics, so we can all see what it's like. Especially us U.S. citizens who are officially forbidden from travelling there.
5 years agoSo sweet!
5 years ago
Pontiac! I remember those as a kid.
5 years ago