Cuba Cruise

In December 2014 Meg, Kate and I did a cruise around Cuba.

We had a few hours to explore Havana, which had some fine old buildings:

…. and some which were in dire need of repair:

There were still signs up about the revolution and Fidel Castro:

This was our boat:

There were old cars everywhere:

The first day we went to a dolphin show. Swimming with dolphins was fun, but for an additional fee they allowed regular tourists to perform “extra tricks” like these with the dolphins.

One day we went to the ancient city of Trinidad, which had lots of interesting colonial architecture:

 

There seemed to be a lot of nice restaurants, but we ate all our meals on the cruise boat.

Christmas day we spent in Santiago. It was very hot.

Old men were playing dominoes, putting their dominoes down loudly:

The final day we spent on a beach on the Isle of Youth:

 

It was a very relaxing end to the trip.

The cruise was a nice introduction to Cuba, and a chance to see different cities and experience different aspects of the island. It would have been nice to have a few extra days in Havana to see that properly, and to eat in some of the local restaurants, which are now privately run and said to be good.