Cat and I thought it was important to post a page purely of tips about traveling to Cuba.  Hopefully anyone heading to Havana can learn something from our trip and avoid some of the problems we encountered.  At the very least, hopefully this will lead some people to the places we enjoyed the most! First, let me say that Cuba

Last day in Havana!  We have to try and hurry and cram in everything that we didn't do!  Oh wait, we did everything that was on our agenda already.  And it's a good thing because today it is raining.  Jungle rain.  Buckets of water coming down as we head down to the lobby of the hotel to start our day.

Another morning spent wandering.  This is the third time that I have been out roaming Old Havana in search of the Rafael Trejo Boxing Gym.  I love boxing, and this is the oldest gym in Havana dedicated to the sport.  Prior to leaving Los Angeles I had promised my own boxing coach a t-shirt from the gym in Havana.  I

The band, drinks, and cigar at the end of last night really turned yesterday around.  Let's see if we can keep the momentum rolling! Today started out with a trip downstairs to the lobby trying to figure out how to use the phone in our room.  Even though I had already tried exactly what they told me to do, then

Day 2 and we are finally rested and ready to explore the city.  I started the morning with a short walk around the hotel still trying to get my bearings and see as much of Old Havana as possible.  I enjoy seeing the day-to-day life of the people in every place that we visit, so this day was filled with

Since rules about traveling to Cuba were loosened I've been interested in visiting.  Cat and I did tons of research, watched every show or video about Cuba that we could find, and booked our trip.  We flew Jet Blue Airlines from LAX to Fort Lauderdale, then Fort Lauderdale to Havana.  We've been taking so many day trips on airlines such

News spreads fast, especially news of our one day trips!  We usually get a few hours to pounce on cheap flight deals so it was a pleasant surprise when we had eight friends unhesitatingly purchase their flights to join us.  Rich and I have visited this gloomy city before on our way to Alaska but it's so much more intense to storm

After seeing the Northern Lights at 6pm yesterday, we came back to our apartment, dropped off all of the gear, and headed out to hit some of the local bars that we've been meaning to get to for the last few days.  We ran into a friend we made on the bus during the Golden Circle tour, and stayed up

We spent the morning at the Golden Circle, but spending the evening seeing the aurora borealis kind of overshadowed everything else today.  That's why we do this blog.  It's a good opportunity for us to go back through our own day and remember how awesome it was!  So let's get started with some geysers, waterfalls, and sunsets in the Golden

Here we are at the half way point.  Time to get down to some serious relaxing at the Blue Lagoon. One of the advantages to having an apartment instead of a hotel is being able to cook your own food.  For breakfast I made potatoes and eggs. This is the cathedral at the end of our street.  Hallgrímskirkja Church City