Mi Casa Su Casa

Street scene near our casa. Typical run down but elegant houses.

The most uncomfortable bed we have ever paid to sleep in. Come on Obama let them have new beds. Kel slept wrong way round to avoid the lumps.

Does my car look big in this? Yes this is the living room of one of the casas we stayed in, doubling as a garage.

More Habana photos

The Malecon on a sunny afternoon. Everyone gathers here to eat, snog, talk, fish and people watch.
Lime green taxi anyone, or maybe a blue

Che Che Che, everywhere Che

He's like a pop star, movie star, saviour of the cuban race and hero of the revolution

Old Habana

This is a photo of one of the very grand but falling down balconies on the Malecon (water front) in Centro Habana, not far from were we stayed for the first five days in Habana. We had two Casas (private house accommodation). Our first booking fell through after 2 days (not sure why?) so we had the experience of two homes. We opted for a hotel for the last 2 nights so we could have a tv and catch up on some news of the outside world.
Women selling kisses to the tourists. Cuban women do actually dress a littel like this in real life. They LOVE colour, the brighter the better and its not unusual to one with a cigar permanently planted in their mouths.

The Malecon in Cuba and Cancun

Hi everyone, from Habana, Cuba, which we are enjoying, but also finding challenging.
The above photo is of the view from our very beautiful 5 star hotel, which we moved to as the one on our tour was so bad. I can see why people come to Cancun, the water is the most beautiful torquoise colour I have ever seen. Kel and I have just seen the photos of the floods in Brisbane, and are hoping that our friends and family are all okay. Internet access is very poor in Habana but we would love to hear how everyone is going. It feels so far away here. Our thoughts are with you all in Brisbane.

The is the waterfront in downtown Habana. This is just a normal rainy, windy day on the Malecon, with the waves crashing over the road.

Lunch today in Oaxaca

grasshoppers are quite tasty, believe it or not.

Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon

My legs are still hurting from the climb to the top of the pyramid of the moon. This is a view looking down the avenue of the dead.

Mexico City

Kel and I went to Xochimilco Floating Gardens on Sunday. The most bizzare way of spending a Sunday but hundreds of mexicans don´t think so. Mariachi players, floating vendors selling food and flowers and rugs and jewellry. We took an hour long boat ride down a very dingy river, that you didn´t really notice because of all the activity afloat.
This was the view from our hotel room in Mexico City. The haze is not mist or snow but pollution. Someone forgot to mention that Christmas to New year in Mexico city is standing room only almost everywhere. It´s the busy place we have ever seen.