After a
flight (from the Netherlands) of 10 hours and a long bus ride, through the dark on bad roads, we
arrived exhausted at hotel Brisas **** in Guardalavaca
The suitcases were happily brought
to our room because there was
no elevator and we slept on the second floor
We ate something and went to bed
Immediately I fell
asleep and didn't know where I was when I woke up
I thought I was in an aviary
because I heard all tropical birdsong and
suddenly I knew I was in Cuba
I had no
idea how the view was because we arrived in the dark
My mouth dropped wide open when I walked on the balcony...wow ... what a beautiful view
A blue-green sea , snow-white beach and lots of palm trees
I was immediately forget the fatigue of the day before
We have had a fantastic but also very impressive holiday
Nice people , beautiful beach , sea water of 28 degrees and not to mention the Cuban music
Everywhere you came you heard this lovely music
There were also a lot of couples who married on the beach and some
left a reminder in the garden behind
Luckily we had realized that a hotel in Cuba probably would not be the same as in Europe
The pool and the buildings on the outside looked very good and in the garden
were palm trees and beautiful plants
The beds and bathroom were very clean and every day they had
made something beautiful of the towels
Everyone did his best to please you but everything in the hotel was very outdated
The paint was peeling from the walls and ceiling of our room , the phone had a cut wire, etc.
but that didn't bother us
The food consisted mainly vegetables , beans and chicken but for for us that was no problem and of course you have to adapt to the country
We made
a trip through eastern Cuba and
saw how poor the Cubans were
There was almost nothing at the shops
Houses
of old unpainted wood with dried palm leaves as roof
All horses were very skinny and the very old American cars were repaired
more often than they could drive
It was the first time in my life that I was so close to so much poverty and found it very intense
We came back home with empty suitcases because we have our clothes and toiletries given away and we were fortunately not the only one
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