Cuba....it was wonderful!

We are back.. We had 1 glorious week of sun, sea and relaxation in Cuba. The week went far too fast!! I think we are hooked, I would go again in a heartbeat!!! This could be the first of many trips tropical or otherwise!!! I've included some of the highlights, we have tonnes of pictures but can't post them all.
This is Brittany dancing with one of the entertainers - Vladimir.

This is a cuban residence. We were invited into the home of one cuban family and they are very basic. No doors, grass roof, they have sheets for partitions in their house. We did notice that they were very clean and they don't have much but they seem generally happy with what they do have. It was an eye opener for sure! It gave us a totally new perspective on what we have and what we are blessed with. We found out many interesting facts about Cuba and its citizens and how their country is run...definitely very interesting!!

This is a narrow street in Camaguey, the city where we landed. This city was built in the 1700's and the streets were built in a maze to confuse any pirates that happened to come ashore.

They have very few new cars in Cuba. The majority are very old..built in the 1920's and 30's. It was cool to see how good of shape they were in.

Camaguey airport.
Cassie snorkelling on our coral tour. I took the picture but didn't realize the b & w setting was on!

The girls with 2 of the female entertainers. Wow..can they dance!


Gorgeous, gorgeous beach....white sand, blue/green water. The ocean was warmer than the pool! We did many relaxing walks along the beach.

Dave smoking a "cuban cigar"...not really those things really stink!

Cassie's monkey face....just chillin one afternoon!

We stayed at Brisas Santa Lucia.

In front of our villa.

The palm trees, the landscaping was beautiful. They had workers out every morning raking leaves and we found the resort was very well cared for.

Housekeeping came in every morning. We came back one day to this really cool swan made out of towels! We also had fresh hibiscus flowers on our bed every day. A treat for sure!

Wild flamingo's by the hundreds!!

The pool.

We made it back home just before the "snow storm of the year" hit. It was thoroughly depressing to leave Cuba in shorts and then arrive home and within 48 hrs have almost 50 cm of snow dumped on us. I guess back to reality! When is spring coming???

I can't say enough good things about Cuba. We felt safe, our resort was good, we had a good variety of food at our buffet restaurant and we didn't find it bland at all as we had heard it could be. We didn't encounter any mysterious flu bugs or any sickness. The weather was gorgeous. The entertainment was amazing. The dancing and skits were awsome. I can definitely see us heading back to Cuba again. Wish I could go back today.... sigh....