Arrived tuesday morning at half past six. Got some breakfast and went straight to bed, slept until lunch-time. Our house, casa de Tati, or casa de Ana Romero which is her real name, is located just a few blocks from the main square, so we took a stroll through town for some food and something to drink.
The city seemed much more calm and safe than Havana, and it was easier to feel the citys soul. That together with our lovely hostess and house, not to forget Anas delicious food, has made these four days some of the best this far. It has been really nice to just lay in the hammock at our roof-top terrace reading and truly relaxing, with the smell and sounds of the city in the distance.
Sure, we've been to some of the bad museums as well. And the Castillo del Morro, a really nice and well preserved fort about ten kilometres from town. Sadly very hot, as usual, when we walked around there.
Wednesday we found a nail-salon, run by a woman and her daughter in front of their entrance (so it was just a table), where Merete got her first manicure and pedicure ever, to the womans big surprise. How is it possible not to do your nails once a week? It was incredibly cheap, even if they charged us twice the normal price, we payed only one USD each. I like it here!
As we have been here four nights, we've spent two of those trying to stay awake longer than until ten. Not an easy task. Two of the places recommended by the LP wad closed when we arrived. Casa de la Trova, with great live music, has been open, so we went there a couple of times. Nice place, even though I have some problems sitting among such a huge group of tourists (bussed in from some big hotels outside town), watching how they embarass themselves dancing with the gigolos. Yesterday after leaving there, we found the real party; in the park on the way home. They had big speakers with nice music (dominican bachata!) and the young cubans (as well as the city's originals) were gathering there. Nice!
I haven't mentioned it, but it might be obvious when all of the posts from Cuba arrive at the same time; the internet here is hopeless. There is no wi-fi anywhere, and the connection is pre-historical; they only have modems. It's been a long time since I've heard that "I'll call later when he's finished with the internet". Therefore we have had big problems buying tickets from Cuba on the web as we're used to. In the end we had to go to the airline's office to get tickets for Jamaica. And we have to get early to Havana, to buy tickets from Jamaica, so that we'll get a visa to enter the country. A nice thing to have. And no, we couldn't buy those tickets here in Santiago. They were not allowed to sell them here.
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Er de ikke det er det en viss fare for at de forsvinner.