It's thursday 1:20am here in Maria La Gorda Cuba, there's a kitten using a
palm tree as a scratching post and an ox just got up and walked away when I got
to the beach. This place is beautiful and I can't help but stay awake, there's
too much to see and experience, everyone says I'm a "machine" but
they don't understand, I'm not tired, there's just too much to live and see and
think about. This trip to Cuba has flown by, I got here 6 days ago and every
day seems to feel like we've done a weeks worth of activities. I'm still kind
of dumbfounded by how easy everything has been, stuff that used to be sooo hard
and scary when I was younger. It's been real confidence building, it's simple
stuff though, being able and willing to talk to everyone and anyone, getting on
a horse, not caring that I look like a fucking train wreck here lol. It's been
lovely =)
I've seriously enjoyed this trip, it's not been mind blowing, but it's been
exactly right. I've seen heaps, danced every single day and even managed to
finalllly build up a bit of a tan. I'm going to try pick up where I left off
but I tend to get inturupted, currently the only potential threat is the
constant stinging scratches Im feeling, like I'm being biten potentially lol.
BUT I WILL PERSEVERE.
Last I left off we were heading to Maria La Gorda and stopping off at a Rum
Factory, it was pretty dull lol. We may have also stopped at a cigar factory
where I bought mikel and joel one each as per their request and a few books for
mum/nan. We stopped at a servo for lunch and had some icky microwaved pizza. On
we went and we got to what is supposedly, Cuba's most beautiful and picturesque
beach area, Maria La Gorda in the Guanahacabibes Peninsula. Clear blue waters,
zero waves, desktop screensaver worthy. We upgraded me and eva's room as soon
as we heard there was beachfront available but the bitchface got shitty about
it at me when they told us the room wouldn't be ready for two hours. It wasn't
a big deal =.= One of the other coupled girls had the room next to ours and we
dumped our stuff there and head off to the beach infront of our doorstep. I'm
pretty sure I went straight to the internet room and payed for an hour first
haha. After they swam, I only dipped my feet, we all met up for the
"romantic sunset cruise", which I suppose in some settings it could
have been but it was basically 16 people on a boat getting drunk off the open
bar lol. Plus snorkeling xD For the first time I actually got tipsy here in
Cuba, then we were off to dinner and then the beach bar for drinks. I obviously
danced and slowly they all went to sleep, meanwhile I stayed up dancing with the
cuban tourist group until the wee hours and then had an epicly long shower as
has become my norm lately.
The next day, which was today, we got up and got our free buffet breakfast
and then the girls and me head off to the included tour to Cabo San Antonio. It
wasn't anything too epic, we saw the lighthouse from the outside, iguanas from
the bus, we looked for the worlds tiniest bird but we had no luck, visited the
turtle beach but it wasn't egg laying season and climbed a rickety old tower
that was infested with termites. Then I had lunch with our tour guide and back
to the net! I cleaned up a bit and then went swimming solo for a bit. Dinner
time came around and then back to the beach bar where we danced some more and
then me and the semi-annoying german girl, the tour guide and one of the irish
dudes went night swimming xD It was lovely and all unplanned so everyone just
jumped in. This place is so hot all the time that even at night the water is
tepid. It was great, and then i showered and here I am. Blogging at the beach
listening to my 'Walking to the west' playlist while Eva sleeps back at the
room, probably annoyed that I keep showering at night while she sleeps. I don't
really care though, she wont turn the aircon on at night =.=
I haven't met anyone I would call a lifelong friend, or even a friend here
but they've all been lovely and I've slowly made my away around the group and
gotten nearly everyones stories. Lol it's been fun though, feeling like a
group, everyone sorta looks out for each other in a way so that's been nice,
and lol there's like a running joke about me being the dancer of the group and
my love of pina colladas. Tbh, I don't love them lol, I hated them until I got
to Cuba, the ones I had tried were gross. But every since I had ONE at like
10am, I'm the pina collada chick LOL plus I had another a few hours later on
our next pit stop. They keep ordering them for me whenever we go to a bar haha,
theyre not bad, tend to be less hit and miss than the mojitos here.
Gah I wish I would stop getting biten, I just wanna chill here.
So Im extending my trip but I don't know by how much, atm I'm thinking
extending it until the 2nd week of January, maybe 3rd. I want to be back in
time for my birthday. But I don't know how quickly I'll get sick of being in La
Serena. I need to let the girls know I wont be going with them on our road trip
lol, I already warmed them it was a possibility.
I also realised I actually have a lot longer in Cuba at the end of my trip
than I thought. With no accomodation, lol I met someone my first day in Cuba
who offered me to crash at their place buttttt lol I think I should maybe not
risk my luck that much. I spoke to the tour guide and asked for suggestions and
it sounds like he has a plan for me so I'll figure it out in the morning. =D
Turns out, not 2 days, but 5, although really, it;s more like 4 coz the 5th day
I fly, hmm I should check what time. Ahh not till 6pm, so I need to be at the
airport at 3pm. Hmm doable.
Then I'm off to Costa Rica with 2 days to myself before the tour starts as
well. Gah I hope it's not even more humid but I think it will be =( I need to
build up the courage to do some of the crazier stuff, they have ziplining XD
and white water rafting, turns out that's in a group so I think there shouldn't
be any problems. I don't even know how long that tour goes for. Lemme check! 11
nights..wow even longer than Cuba's trip. Hmm. I just read the itinerary,
sounds alright, I hope the people are as chill as this group was.
Anyway. I'm going to shut this and chill for a bit before heading to bed.
Lovelove.
