Day 1 Cuba - Introduction - Arriving in Habana

Arrived in cuba today at 14:00, Cuba seemed much like a normal country from the air, but as soon as we got closer it all seemed very different, when arriving at the airport, we quickly saw the typical Cuban soldiers, standing there in there green costumes, with a hand gun. Then it was off to Customs, where some silly guy stampes Peder´s Visa wrong! He stamped it one month before, (17th Febuary) that ment that within 8hours, he would be an illegal imigrant in cuba, but everything worked out!

Once outside the airport in cuba we got a nice cab from the airport to St Johns Hotel, where we where staying. Once on the road we got splashed by the overwhelmingly large amount of Lada´s, Old American cars, Hitchikers, Run down buildings, Sosialistic proporganda and huge holes in the roads. It was a bumpy ride to habana, and once we got to the hotel, we found out that we had been moved to a hotel just over the road. Once we got to our room, we realised that luxury was left inn norway. The room had torn curtains that where selotaped back together. Electrical wires hanigng out wherever there was electrical appliances. It was clear luxury left Cuba with the Capitalism.

We managed to be late for the first meal with the tour group we where about to spend 7 nights with. Because we did not think there was a time differnece in cuba, but there was, so we changed our watches, then the next morning we where also late, because we had not changed our watces to dailight savings. The group seemed, ok at first, was abit disapointed that there was so many older people, but age dident play much of a role in the end. In the lobby we met our tour guide Roger, wo introduced us to the group. Roger was a typic cuban charmer, who never left any of the girls alone :P We then went for a meal at a classical Cuban restaurant, but the food was below mediocre. We also started talking to 4 awsome people that day, Trevor and Justine from Australia, Joanna from London, and the petite little beauty Sangeet from London!

After the meal we went down to an concert that was held right outside where some americans where, The place was amazaing, a huge stage, and a forest of flagpoles bearing the Anti Terrorist flag. As it turnes out, the buldings right behind the stage was occupied by Americans, i guess they where trying to salsa them out!

J