Well I have safely arrived in Havana - just
a small scare in Heathrow when an Air France employee told me I had missed my
flight then in the same sentence told me I hadn't! Didn't stop me having a
minor coronary though! Arrival in Havana was a lengthy process as I got stopped
at customs due to the medication and surgical instruments I was carrying for
Aniplant - still it was a good Spanish lesson and.after an hour they let me
bring everything in
Monday morning I headed down to the clinic
with my meds which they were very grateful for and met the lovely people who
volunteer down there. There wasn't't much going on in the afternoon so I went
for a walk into Old Havana - Habana Vieja - the best thj g to do there is just
to wander round aimlessly and get lost! Think Venice without any reapairs and
you've got the picture There is barely a building that is not in a state of
direapair - 60 years of deterioration since the Cuban Revolution - makes for a
atmospheric environment but it wont be here for ever as every day buildings
collapse!
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| Nora - who founded the clinic |
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| Edgar the Vet |
Tuesday was also noteable for the day both
my digital cameras went wrong! Not good - although one of he seems.to repond if
I bash against the floor - however I think this is not a long term solution!
Just buy another I here you say - this is Cuba! Two choices - Black Market or
Government Stores - I'll let you know how that one works out...! Not that there´s goning to be any uploading of pics at the speed I´m surfing ' remember dial up ' try halfing that!!
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| Cuban Electrics! |
Weather here has not been exactly tropical
-poured down yesterday but today looks better - we also had to contend with a
24 hour powercut in our area yesterday - and when you have a look at the
electrics its not difficult to see why!
Adios for now ' The WanderVet
