Calvin for General Consumption

Whew…what a great vacation.  My last week was spent at Sol Rio de Luna y Mares and truth be told I was excited to go but wasn’t sure if I would have as good of a time as I did.  I mean traveling with two older brothers, they have a tendency to try and overshadow you with there parental nature.  Lucky for me those moments were few and far between, that I don’t really care anyways.  Besides we all managed to have a tremendous time with a lot of great people from all walks of life.  I met a whole slew of English people (most of whom I have now connected with on facebook) who were really fun and great sports about my “pretend” accent.

I was going to post up a picasa album of the trip but unfortunately one of my new friends (Jen…ahem)  dropped my camera (and subsequently broke it) and I haven’t made my way to the supermarket to drop the photos onto disc yet.  This will follow soon.

Boooooo’s:

Food – I can honestly say that I did not enjoy the food this time either as it made me ill for a few days and I could not eat.  The only thing I could stomach for 3 days were hot dogs, which is gross enough!  So I have been to both sides of the island and this seems to be a common problem….beware travelers!!

Shopping – my brothers insisted on going shopping in Holguin and while I am ok with bombing around a city on scooters I did not enjoy walking into the equivilent of the Cuban Sears on each and every block.  Funny thing was they were adamant about shopping and didn’t even buy anything that day….except 30 beers to bring back to the resort (which was all inclusive I might add)

Hooray’s:

People – absolutely great lot of people at the resort (Sol Rio de Luna y Mares…free plug).

Service – the people working there were amazing as well.  Seemed much nicer than the first time I was there and they were a great lot as well.  The people working in the lobby bar and the pool bar of the Mares side were especially great…I rarely waited for a drink even when the bar was full.

Scooters – great fun ’nuff said.

Beach – crystal clear water and no shark sightings