As I am sure you can imagine, as the temperature starts to drop in the fall, a Honeybadger’s mind turns to thinking about warmer climates and new opportunities for adventure.. In this case however, my winter getaway has been in…

As I am sure you can imagine, as the temperature starts to drop in the fall, a Honeybadger’s mind turns to thinking about warmer climates and new opportunities for adventure.. In this case however, my winter getaway has been in…
I was sitting in business class, sipping champagne, as I jetted away from Havana.. certainly a higher class finish than my low budget entry to Cuba! What got me to this seat was the fact that they had oversold economy…
New photographs just shot over a 17 day trip around Cuba, including Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Trinidad, and Cienfuegos, are now up on the Cuba Images page linked off the main portfolio page. These are an initial cut, subject to…
Well not “magnificent” in totality, but it certainly had a few moments, and areas! Cienfuegos is dubbed La Perla del Sur (Pearl of the South), but the name actually means “100 fires”. Supposedly it has a French flavour to it,…
Escape from Camagüey I had decided to stop in Camagüey, mostly to break up the long bus ride from Santiago de Cuba to Trinidad, and so I had arranged with my guide acquaintance Fernando to stay at a Casa for…
The Best Laid Plans of Honeybadgers…. So I had figured I was being smart by booking a flight to Santiago rather than slugging it out on a 15 hour bus ride. Well not quite. It turns out the only flight…
Our Man in Havana As I mentioned in my first post, I had booked accommodation online for the start and end of my visit to Cuba, but not the middle, as one always has to have some flexibility when things…
Learning “The Ropes”, or in effect “how things work” in a new country is not always easy, and I definitely have some forehead bruises from the process, hence the Head-Banging reference in the title, but Cuba is a visual treat…
One person’s Travel Medicine is another person’s “Snake Oil”, so I need to preface this posting with a disclaimer upfront, do NOT construe any of the following to be medical advice you should consider, let alone follow. Just treat this…
I really hate uphill climbing, I am in my fifties now, and getting lazier I guess. In contrast, if an activity is water based, then I am normally game for almost anything.. big waves, fast current, biting marine life –…