Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Hotel Los Canayes is located in the outskirts of Santa Clara, Cuba. You’ll have to find the right road leaving the Circumvallation of Santa Clara. The hotel is a combination of Disneyland and party zone. It is a kind of reproduction of a Taino village – the former inhabitants of this area. Continue reading “Hotel Los Caneyes”
Some people go to foreign countries just to stay within their hotel, enjoy an all-inclusive program and sit most times on the beach. It’s almost equal whether your in Spain, Tunesia or Cuba then. And for tourists of that kind, Varadero is the primary location on Cuba. Continue reading “Varadero (and why I wouldn’t stay there)”
El Capitolio in the center of La Habana, Cuba is the former parliament of the island. It was built in 1929 and served for that purpose until 1959. It is currently under restauration and in 2018 the parliament shall move back in. People often see similarities in architecture with the Capitol in Washington, US. In fact, both buildings copy the style of St. Peter’s Basilica in Roma, Italy. Continue reading “El Capitolio”
Travelling to Cuba brings you the strange situation that within the country two currencies are circulating: CUP and CUC. The Cuban peso (CUP) is the actual currency of Cuba, divided into 100 Centavos. As it is a weak currency, the US dollar was used in addition on the island. Continue reading “One country, two currencies”