LiveForTheLaunch
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Cu-BaAaAaAaAaAaAaA. Haha I'm so hilarious. Anyway yah here's my Cuba trip report.
So, having like two months to save for some sort of trip, I really only had the option of an all inclusive vacation. Not really my idea of a great place to go but for $600/each (which included the resort, flights, alcohol, food, and entertainment/sports), you can't really go that wrong. I won't include too much detail or too many photos because I guarantee I'll get like one comment on this entire report anyway.
DAY 1-3
We left to Toronto on Saturday around midnight (so Sunday I suppose), and the ride there went smooth. I say that because I got to sleep the whole way there. Once we got to the parking lot, we took the shuttle to our terminal, had a parfait, sat down and waited. I was hyper but as it was four in the morning and my boyfriend had just driven for four hours, he was not so pleased with how wired I was. We boarded our A320 and were on our way at the stated time of departure, which was 6:45. I was nervous because the airline is Cubana, which I had never heard of and the plane was dirty as all hell; however, it ended up being one of the smoother flights of my life.
My boyfriend couldn't resist the wine, so he had three glasses. And by glasses, I mean plastic cups.
For being ghetto as heck, the sandwich was relatively decent but the cheese looked sketchy so I took it off, which really broke my heart.
Soon enough, we were in sunny Cuba.
Most people go to Varadero but we chose Holguin which is on the south/southeast part of the island. I was the offiical Peso baller.
We had an hour and a half bus ride to the resort which was a mild burden after a four hour drive and a four hour flight, but it gave us a glimpse of the countryside.
We arrived at Club Amigo Atlantico in a short while and were greeted by an extremely rude front desk staff, who were the worst people we met during our stay. They were all pre-occupied with everything but giving proper customer service. Even after half an hour when it was finally our turn, the dunce at the desk kept going off to chat to others who had cut the line or whatever. Then, we upgraded and had to wait another hour and a half for the room. BURDEN. Not a good first impression but thankfully the entire trip wasn't like that.
Instead of standing around griping, I look my luggage to the lobby bar like the official champ that I am.
It was at the lobby bar that I realized the "cocktails" are not very cocktail-y. They're more like all rum, with a tiny splash of something else. This was my "pina colada."
Finally, we got our room. Nothing special, but we upgraded and therefore we had a room that was not stinky, was in a very good location, and most of all, had a hair dryer. Yes, I'm such a girl.
View. Okay, so it's just a tree and a crap pond but whatever.
We then went to check out the pool.
The pool turned out to be one of my favourite places on the resort and the swim up bar was pretty cool.
There was also a snack bar near the pool which had fab undercooked hamburgers; however, they often ran out of their snacks which was sad.
We checked out the beach, but because it was Sunday it was pretty packed.
I got hungry so buffet times occurred. Not the greatest food in the world but certainly edible and it didn't make me sick. Plus, there was a lot of rice and beef, both of which I love.
After a few more drinks we were really tired so we went to bed even though it was pretty early. Too long of a commute drained the both of us. Since we went to bed so early though, we got up at like 6am ready to swim and such.
It was certainly not the official struggle to get a drink anywhere, especially when you tip well!
We had cigars. As in, my boyfriend smoked them and I had one puff and died.
SILLY ME.
We went to yet another snack bar where I met an old man named Roberto who really liked to talk... A lot. And that's coming from someone who never shuts up. Sadly it was the only food place open on the resort at that time (buffet had certain times and the rest were a la carte/closed snack bars) so we waited forever for a burger.
Sadly, I ended up being the official allergy sufferer which put a damper on the rest of the day and also made it be an early night again. Our schedule ended up a bit weird, going to bed quite early and waking up really early but it worked out.
I think we also actually checked out other parts of the resort after our food, including the hilarious laugh inducing concrete ghetto goofy golf.
The other pool was pretty nice.
Chateau Amigo (a wine tasting place) ended up being our favourite place at the resort but we didn't discover it until Thursday when we actually went in.
Next day was same old. We relaxed, smoked cigars, drank, ate, and swam.
Casual diaper near the pool.
We got a free catamaran ride with our booking company, so we took advantage and went on it!
It was a really good time and also hilarious watching people get splashed.
Casual rum and Coke on the boat.
After our Catamaran ride, we went back to the hotel and chilled some more. There was more culture the next few days, but I'll get to that tomorrow.
NEXT UP- Jeep adventure tour, horse and buggy rides, and dolphin swimmage.
So, having like two months to save for some sort of trip, I really only had the option of an all inclusive vacation. Not really my idea of a great place to go but for $600/each (which included the resort, flights, alcohol, food, and entertainment/sports), you can't really go that wrong. I won't include too much detail or too many photos because I guarantee I'll get like one comment on this entire report anyway.
DAY 1-3
We left to Toronto on Saturday around midnight (so Sunday I suppose), and the ride there went smooth. I say that because I got to sleep the whole way there. Once we got to the parking lot, we took the shuttle to our terminal, had a parfait, sat down and waited. I was hyper but as it was four in the morning and my boyfriend had just driven for four hours, he was not so pleased with how wired I was. We boarded our A320 and were on our way at the stated time of departure, which was 6:45. I was nervous because the airline is Cubana, which I had never heard of and the plane was dirty as all hell; however, it ended up being one of the smoother flights of my life.
My boyfriend couldn't resist the wine, so he had three glasses. And by glasses, I mean plastic cups.
For being ghetto as heck, the sandwich was relatively decent but the cheese looked sketchy so I took it off, which really broke my heart.
Soon enough, we were in sunny Cuba.
Most people go to Varadero but we chose Holguin which is on the south/southeast part of the island. I was the offiical Peso baller.
We had an hour and a half bus ride to the resort which was a mild burden after a four hour drive and a four hour flight, but it gave us a glimpse of the countryside.
We arrived at Club Amigo Atlantico in a short while and were greeted by an extremely rude front desk staff, who were the worst people we met during our stay. They were all pre-occupied with everything but giving proper customer service. Even after half an hour when it was finally our turn, the dunce at the desk kept going off to chat to others who had cut the line or whatever. Then, we upgraded and had to wait another hour and a half for the room. BURDEN. Not a good first impression but thankfully the entire trip wasn't like that.
Instead of standing around griping, I look my luggage to the lobby bar like the official champ that I am.
It was at the lobby bar that I realized the "cocktails" are not very cocktail-y. They're more like all rum, with a tiny splash of something else. This was my "pina colada."
Finally, we got our room. Nothing special, but we upgraded and therefore we had a room that was not stinky, was in a very good location, and most of all, had a hair dryer. Yes, I'm such a girl.
View. Okay, so it's just a tree and a crap pond but whatever.
We then went to check out the pool.
The pool turned out to be one of my favourite places on the resort and the swim up bar was pretty cool.
There was also a snack bar near the pool which had fab undercooked hamburgers; however, they often ran out of their snacks which was sad.
We checked out the beach, but because it was Sunday it was pretty packed.
I got hungry so buffet times occurred. Not the greatest food in the world but certainly edible and it didn't make me sick. Plus, there was a lot of rice and beef, both of which I love.
After a few more drinks we were really tired so we went to bed even though it was pretty early. Too long of a commute drained the both of us. Since we went to bed so early though, we got up at like 6am ready to swim and such.
It was certainly not the official struggle to get a drink anywhere, especially when you tip well!
We had cigars. As in, my boyfriend smoked them and I had one puff and died.
SILLY ME.
We went to yet another snack bar where I met an old man named Roberto who really liked to talk... A lot. And that's coming from someone who never shuts up. Sadly it was the only food place open on the resort at that time (buffet had certain times and the rest were a la carte/closed snack bars) so we waited forever for a burger.
Sadly, I ended up being the official allergy sufferer which put a damper on the rest of the day and also made it be an early night again. Our schedule ended up a bit weird, going to bed quite early and waking up really early but it worked out.
I think we also actually checked out other parts of the resort after our food, including the hilarious laugh inducing concrete ghetto goofy golf.
The other pool was pretty nice.
Chateau Amigo (a wine tasting place) ended up being our favourite place at the resort but we didn't discover it until Thursday when we actually went in.
Next day was same old. We relaxed, smoked cigars, drank, ate, and swam.
Casual diaper near the pool.
We got a free catamaran ride with our booking company, so we took advantage and went on it!
It was a really good time and also hilarious watching people get splashed.
Casual rum and Coke on the boat.
After our Catamaran ride, we went back to the hotel and chilled some more. There was more culture the next few days, but I'll get to that tomorrow.
NEXT UP- Jeep adventure tour, horse and buggy rides, and dolphin swimmage.