Greg and Deb's Travel Blog

After a rough night for both of us, Deb with her cold and me with a very soft bed playing havoc with my back, we both started our days on our medication(s) of choice. 🙂

We were picked up at 9:30am and got into our very comfortable Chevy Suburban for a days exploration in Mexico City. Drove into the CBD and got out for a guided tour through the city. Continue reading →

Today started with a whimper rather than a roar. We have a slow start to our day.   Just as well as Deb isn’t too well, she has picked up a Cuban cold, and is now fighting her own “Cold War”.

So I set out this morning to tick-off the last Cuban Icon from my list, a Cigar Factory! Continue reading →

Today we left the hotel at 9:30am for the long trip back to Havana. But this time we are taking the coast road. As we drove along the road by the Caribbean Sea Continue reading →

Day 18  Havana to Trinidad via Santa Clara Cuba     3 April 2015  Easter  Good Friday

Cuba Day 5

We checked out from our hotel and were on the road by about 9:15 for Trinidad on the south east coast, via Santa Clara (about the middle of the main Cuban Island.)  All up we have around a 4 ½ hour drive today. Continue reading →

Day 17  Havana Cuba     2 April 2015

Cuba Day 4

Let me take time out from our travels for some things we have picked up while here in Cuba

Our Blog follows on from this “trivia” Continue reading →

Day 15  Havana Cuba

Cuba Day 2

We woke this morning totally unsure of the time, the alarm clock in our room was 1 hour ahead of the time we thought it was, so when we headed down for breakfast we weren’t sure if we had ample time for a leisurely breakfast, or whether our guide would be waiting for us, luckily it was the former. Continue reading →

Cuba Day 1

When we checked in to our Hotel yesterday we were handed a sheet with ongoing information for us.  This included a 4am wake-up call and airport transfer at 5am for our 8:20am flight. It was a long wait at the airport, but the flight left on time and we arrived in Panama City Airport after a 2hr 15 min flight. We had a transit time of about 1 ½ hrs before boarding our final flight to Havana. Continue reading →

Day 6 – Guayaquil to Galapagos Islands   22 March 2015

Cruise Day 1 – North Seymour Islet

Bags out at 5:45am, ohh its been so long since we have had to deal with that!!  🙂

We were on the bus for the airport at 7am for the 1hr 40 min flight to Isla Baltra in the Galapagos Islands. This was originally an airfield set up by the Americans during WWII to protect America from the Japanese and Germans (if they came from the south west). There is now a new terminal at the airport that is pretty comfortable. Continue reading →

Guayaquil   –   pronounced   “Why-ya-kill”!!

The name suggests it all. 🙂

You know things are a bit different when you’re handed a brochure on your way through Customs at the airport that is headed “Guia de Seguridad – Safety Guide”. Continue reading →

Sleeping is still a little patchy, but we are getting there.

This is our last day in Santiago, we fly out this afternoon to Guayaquil, Ecuador. This is our stepping point on the way to The Galapagos Islands (Guayaquil is pronounced Why-ya-kill).

From what we have read Guayaquil maybe the most lawless city we have visited to date (anywhere). Continue reading →