Varadero & Havana, Cuba - July 2012
Cuba in the Summer? Why not I told my American other half, and there we went - it was actually surprising to find out most of the people believe Cuba is the one not allowing Americans in their country. The opposite is true, America does not want their citizens spending US dollars in Cuban soil, nevertheless in 2011 over 400,000 Americans visited Fidel's country ( SOURCE ). Direct flight from Montreal to Varadero, and around 3h30 later we landed in this tropical paradise, if you are tourist of course because I doubt the locals would say the same. Once in Varadero, our shuttle bus took us to our resort - Melia Las Americas - and this was the beginning of our vacation. Varadero is pretty much a resort town, and if you are expecting to find more than what it is, then you went to the wrong place. The reason why I picked Varadero, out of all other cities in Cuba, due to its proximity to Havana, only 2 hours away. Don't take me wrong, Havana is beaut...