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I have decided to reorganise!

March 10, 2018August 19, 2018

This blog started as blog intended to describe my journey in Cuba in late 2016. Since then, I always wanted to find time and write more and more about Cuba. …

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Cuba / Planning

Places to stay

December 25, 2016August 19, 2018

Here are our bookings and places to stay in Cuba. La Habana – Hotel Colina Islazul (http://www.hotelislazulcolina.com/) Varadero – Aparthotel Mar Del Sur (http://www.islazul.cu/en/hotel/aparthotel-mar-del-sur) Cienfuegos – Hostel Casita del Sol 2 …

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Cuba / Planning

Bus stations and Destinations

December 24, 2016August 18, 2018

As part of my packing list I am making some notes that can be useful.   List of Viazul bus stations: LA HABANA Ave. 26 y Zoológico, Nuevo Vedado. Ciudad de la …

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Cuba / Documents / Planning / Travel Gear

(almost) Full packing list

December 24, 2016August 19, 2018

This is (almost) the full list of items that I will have in my backpack. Is it enough? We’ll see about that 🙂 Passport Camera Camera batteries and memory cards (5 batteries, 6 …

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Travel Gear

iPhone lenses and selfie stick for “self-serve” situations

December 20, 2016

I am not a big fan of selfie-sticks or selfies in general but when you go on holiday I find this as something very useful. Especially in places like Cuba …

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Documents / Travel Gear

Travel money belt

December 3, 2016March 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Knowing that we will actually not have pre-booked any hotels to sleep in, I think it’s important to have a place to keep our passports and some money safe. My only …

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Cuba / Planning

Vaccinations done!

November 23, 2016March 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

There are no required vaccinations for Bulgarian citizens when we travel to Cuba. However, there are some recommended which we decided to take. After all we want to have a …

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Cuba / Planning

Our flight is delayed…

November 7, 2016March 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

I am so annoyed! Just received an email from our travel agent that the flight has been delayed. Like 10 hours gap in Rome is not enough… Rome, yeah? No complains! …

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Travel Gear

Finding a proper backpack/rucksack

November 7, 2016March 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Before starting to look for travel gear, I had no idea what a rucksack was. For me, backpack is a backpack, but apparently “rucksack” is what you call the “travel backpack” or …

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Cuba / Travel Gear

More cards for the camera

November 4, 2016March 10, 2018 - Leave a Comment

I only have 3x16GB cards for my camera. That sounds extremely insufficient, right? Especially when I’m planning to take photos of almost everything we see on the road (or in the …

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