Cuba Get-Away

For Spring Break I took a trip down to Cuba to relax on a nice warm beach for a week. I stayed at an all-inclusive resort (named Melia Cayo Santa Maria -> Melia means a Firm, Cayo means Island), which included unlimited food at the buffet and snack bars, 3 a la carte meals for my week stay, unlimited alcohol at any of the bars, daily and nightly entertainment, use of equipment (such as catamarans, wind surfing, kayaks, etc.), etc.

That vacation has, so far, been the best vacation I've had. I paid for 2 excursions: one to the city of Santa Clara, and one for a day long sail trip on a giant catamaran (I didn't know Catamarans could get big enough to hold 4 bathrooms...).

Cuba is actually a really interesting place, full of culture and history. The houses are extremely small and in very bad condition. The roads are also very narrow and I would never want to drive there; each car has to pass about 3 feet beside the next car.

Apart from the lack of technology, narrow roads and poor housing, Cuba is definitely one of my favorite countries. The climate is perfect (imo), the people were kind and if it weren't for a lack of internet, I wouldn't mind staying there for quite some time.

One interesting fact: There's one phone company for the whole country. There is only dial-up and computers are not an everyday thing for the people who live there. From a quick examination of their pay phones, phreaking might actually still be practical in Cuba.

Unfortunately, now I'm off the beach and back into my home which means back to the freezing cold, school and work.