As you can see from my awesome picture (ha) and the title I have recently come back from a 2 week holiday in Cuba, we stayed in a town called Varadero and it was BEAUTIFUL!! The beach, the hotel, the pool, the people, everything! was just wonderful!!! I went with my ever patient friend Nicola (below, with a very happy Chris peeking in! ha) and I have to say it was the best holiday I have ever been on! Also the worst... but that was only because of the hurricanes and if you will choose to go on holiday somewhere during hurricane season I guess you can't whinge too much! ha! The first picture was taken in Havana, Cuba's capital. Havana was a real experience and I would definitely recommend visiting if you ever go to Cuba, even if its the only excursion you do! The people are so friendly and the buildings and way of life are just something you have to see. Now obviously as I mentioned earlier... we did get stranded in the hotel for a few extra days because of Hurricane Gustav at the beginning of the holiday but that only really lasted a day. The worst hurricane was Ike but then all that really happened was a LOT of wind and rain and we were very lucky not to have been more on the west coast of Cuba where a lot of Cubans lost their homes.

Whilst we were stuck in the hotel all the friends we made on holiday began to congregate by the bar... and after a lot of card games and drinking I have to say these lot are now firm friends!! Thank goodness for Facebook ay? Its so nice to be able to keep track of new friends so easily!

So the moral of the story is... go to Cuba, visit Havana AND DON'T GO DURING HURRICANE SEASON!!