The Dainty Traveller

Tarara is a resort town in the municipality of Habana del Este in Havana, Cuba. It is about 15 to 20 minutes outside of the Havana city centre. It is a very relaxed beautiful beach. There is a beach club located before you reach the beach where you can pay to use the pools and bar. The bathrooms are free to use, however there is usually no toilet paper or soap and one of the toilets did not flush. On the beach there is a hut style cafe that serves soft drinks, water, alcoholic beverages, and cafeteria food like burgers and french fries. Also there is a man that frequents the beach selling hot tamales. The day we went to the beach it was very windy, too windy to swim. There was a red flag posted in the sand and the life guard warned us to only dip our feet because the waves were so strong and the undercurrent was dangerous. Other than the wind and the fact we couldn't go in the water (the water was really cold that day) we had a very fun, relaxing, hot and sunny beach day! ...

This airport is alright. Just be patient because you are going to be waiting. Customer service is more or less non-existent in Cuba. The airport staff is very rude, slow and no one looks pleasant. Anyways, we got off our CUBANA flight and headed for our luggage. We waited over an hour for our luggage, the CUBANA airlines staff's luggage came out first. They would release the luggage, then stop and then 15 minutes later, more would come. Slow to say the least. After we got our luggage we headed to immigration. The immigration part didn't take too long. They ask you a series of questions, the first is if you speak or understand Spanish. If you "look Cuban" which in Cuba really means Black, Mulatto or very tanned, DO NOT ANSWER THEIR QUESTION IN SPANISH. Even if you do speak and/or understand Spanish (like myself), just say "English" and proceed with the immigration process. If you answer "yes" they will then harass you with questions, because they wi...