Beautiful artwork at Toronto Pearson Airport Terminal 1
My awesome travel companion: Kelly
Waiting for departure at Toronto Pearson Airport
Kelly is upset that our Sunwing flight to Cuba is delayed
However, with a ceasar the delay is more tolerable
Our first room assignment sucked: overlooking the staff entrance and a/c units. Boo
We complained and got moved to a room with a much nicer view
Various modes of transporation in front of our resort
The comfortable lobby of Breeze Bella Costa
Beautiful gardens and grounds of Breezes Bella Costa
The al fresco dining area - overlooking the pristine white sand beach
Palm trees and gorgeous weather!
The resort pool
The pool bar - with some yummy eye candy!
Welcome to Varadero, Cuba
Snorkelers in the crystal blue water
The beautiful white sand beach
A beach vendor struggling to move his massive cart
paradise - the beach at Breezes Bella Costa
Perfect way to spend the day - reading on the beach
Our resort room - with cute towel scuplture from our maid
Our beautiful resort: Breezes Bella Costa - in Varadero Cuba
The front entrance to Breezes Bella Costa
The pool at dusk
A view of Breezes Bella Costa at dusk
The beach at sunset
Jimmy's buffet - get it?
Delicious food options at the buffet
Delicious food options at the buffet
Kelly and I enjoying a drink in the lobby
Terrific pool dance show
Terrific pool dance show
The urban scene around Varadero, Cuba
Kelly and I took a trip to Havana. Our taxi's speedometer didn't work: no idea how fast we were speeding!
The urban scene in Havana
The building where Ernest Hemingway stayed and wrote in Havana
The building where Ernest Hemingway stayed and wrote in Havana
Rooftops in Havana
An old military outpost in Havana
The building where Ernest Hemingway stayed and wrote in Havana
The building where Ernest Hemingway stayed and wrote in Havana
A really neat old pharmacy in Havana
A really neat old pharmacy in Havana
The urban scene in Havana
A really neat doorway in Havana
The urban scene in Havana
A store in Havana where residents can trade in their allowances for goods
The urban scene in Havana - at right is a school
A market in Havana
Our awesome tour guide leads Kelly and I through the market in Havana
The urban scene in Havana
The urban scene in Havana
A public square in Havana
Restoration and construction in Havana - the government is constantly trying to restore the beautiful buildings
School children in a public square in Havana
A cut-out of the urban water system in Havana
A church wiith some old bells at its doorway
A beautiful old church in Havana
A public square in Havana
A cigar shop in Havana, a tradesperson rolling a cigar
Inside a cigar shop in Havana
Two ridiculously over-sized cigars
A public square in Havana
little cannons in Havana
Our tour guide led us to lunch at a family's apartment in Havana - truly authentic food!
Our tour guide led us to lunch at a family's apartment in Havana - truly authentic food!
Kelly and I enjoying our mojitos before lunch in Havana
Our tour guide led us to lunch at a family's apartment in Havana - delicious!
A public squre in front of a beautiful church in Havana
Street musicians and a dancing woman in Havana
Posing beside a sculpture in Havana
A bar in Havana where many visitors have signed their names/etc.
A really funky staircase in Havana
An artist paints a beautiful picture in Havana
Police headquarters in Havana
Tuk Tuk taxis zoom by a sign commemorating Cuba's communist revolution
Classic cars are so common in Havana
Colourful architecture in Havana
Classic cars and beautiful old buildings in Havana
Classic cars parked in Havana
The national capitol building in Havana - gorgeous
Apartment balconies in Havana
The sunset on the taxi ride back to Varadero
At night, the lobby bar at Breeze Bella Costa was a hopping spot
Canadian singer Danny Fernandes performed one night at the resort
Wavy day at the beach in Varadero, caution in the ocean!
I ventured out into the beautiful, warm ocean
Getting ready for dinner with Kelly
Kelly in a cute yellow dress before dinner
Enjoying a delicious dinner with Kelly
We met a group of friends from Montreal - friendly group
Bliss - enjoying a drink out of a coconut in the pool
In the distance from our resort - big waves crashing on the shore
Traditional Cuban dancers at our resort
Traditional Cuban dancers at our resort
Traditional Cuban dancers at our resort
Kelly enjoys the pool
Dancing by the pool with a friend we met from Montreal
Dancing with a random lady at the resort
Kelly and I with the friends we made at the resort
Kelly and I on the beach
Kelly
Me!
Kite surfers out in the ocean waves
Beautiful beach at Breezes Bella Costa resort
At night, listening to some traditional Cuban music
Sunset from our balcony
Enjoying the beach
Last day - no swimming due to dangerous waves
Kelly on the beach
Kelly on the beach
Me!
Kelly and I
Kelly!
Upset that our Sunwing flight home has a VERY long delay
