Scuba-en Cuba Camper, diving tour Cuba

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 21:11:13 +0100, Pete Stensones wrote:

> I am planning a trip for next May. Any feedback, good or bad, of problems
> with crime, quality of camper van, campsites, diving, Scuba-en-Cuba etc.
> would be useful.

Cuban roads have potholes in them that would swallow a bus. As for crime,
it's one of the safest places in the Caribbean.

Jason

--
See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for trip reports including
the Costa Blanca, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria and the UK

Jason is right about the roads, if you are brave and just take a line
on a map that has not been recommended you can find yourself coming to
a halt, unable to see how you can avoid falling down a hole... the
easiest way is to pick up hitchhikers who will show you how to go along
any stretch of really bad road. In Cuba cars routinely stop to pick up
people queuing off roundabouts for lifts, I think govt vehicles have to
stop, great idea.

I'd read some horror stories about Scuba kit at Cuban dive centres but
think these must be out of date, in lots of areas Cuba is finding ways
to get over the blockade and everywhere I went last year had loads of
new Mares kit & I notice Mares have named one of their wetsuits
Varadero (which is the name of the largest tourist resort in Cuba).
I've only recently started diving and have been in Havana (out of the
Hemingway marina), Jibacoa & Varadero last two were great dive sites,
Havana was just OK. These aren't the best places to go but I was on
holiday with non-divers so other factors came in effect. Driving around
places I've especially enjoyed going to are Baracoa, Santiago and
Trinidad but in 10 trips over 15 years I've never had a bad time.

Does anyone know any reliable details of Fidel's diving history?
I've heard the exploding clam story but not sure if it's a myth. A
'friend of a friend' says that they were waiting to go diving about
ten years ago when the boat was held for until he turned up for a dive.

Dean

Jason is right about the roads, if you are brave and just take a line
on a map that has not been recommended you can find yourself coming to
a halt, unable to see how you can avoid falling down a hole... the
easiest way is to pick up hitchhikers who will show you how to go along
any stretch of really bad road. In Cuba cars routinely stop to pick up
people queuing off roundabouts for lifts, I think govt vehicles have to
stop, great idea.

I'd read some horror stories about Scuba kit at Cuban dive centres but
think these must be out of date, in lots of areas Cuba is finding ways
to get over the blockade and everywhere I went last year had loads of
new Mares kit & I notice Mares have named one of their wetsuits
Varadero (which is the name of the largest tourist resort in Cuba).
I've only recently started diving and have been in Havana (out of the
Hemingway marina), Jibacoa & Varadero last two were great dive sites,
Havana was just OK. These aren't the best places to go but I was on
holiday with non-divers so other factors came in effect. Driving around
places I've especially enjoyed going to are Baracoa, Santiago and
Trinidad but in 10 trips over 15 years I've never had a bad time.

Does anyone know any reliable details of Fidel's diving history?
I've heard the exploding clam story but not sure if it's a myth. A
'friend of a friend' says that they were waiting to go diving about
ten years ago when the boat was held for until he turned up for a dive.

Dean

Jason is right about the roads, if you are brave and just take a line
on a map that has not been recommended you can find yourself coming to
a halt, unable to see how you can avoid falling down a hole... the
easiest way is to pick up hitchhikers who will show you how to go along
any stretch of really bad road. In Cuba cars routinely stop to pick up
people queuing off roundabouts for lifts, I think govt vehicles have to
stop, great idea.

I'd read some horror stories about Scuba kit at Cuban dive centres but
think these must be out of date, in lots of areas Cuba is finding ways
to get over the blockade and everywhere I went last year had loads of
new Mares kit & I notice Mares have named one of their wetsuits
Varadero (which is the name of the largest tourist resort in Cuba).
I've only recently started diving and have been in Havana (out of the
Hemingway marina), Jibacoa & Varadero last two were great dive sites,
Havana was just OK. These aren't the best places to go but I was on
holiday with non-divers so other factors came in effect. Driving around
places I've especially enjoyed going to are Baracoa, Santiago and
Trinidad but in 10 trips over 15 years I've never had a bad time.

Does anyone know any reliable details of Fidel's diving history?
I've heard the exploding clam story but not sure if it's a myth. A
'friend of a friend' says that they were waiting to go diving about
ten years ago when the boat was held for until he turned up for a dive.

Dean

Jason is right about the roads, if you are brave and just take a line
on a map that has not been recommended you can find yourself coming to
a halt, unable to see how you can avoid falling down a hole... the
easiest way is to pick up hitchhikers who will show you how to go along
any stretch of really bad road. In Cuba cars routinely stop to pick up
people queuing off roundabouts for lifts, I think govt vehicles have to
stop, great idea.

I'd read some horror stories about Scuba kit at Cuban dive centres but
think these must be out of date, in lots of areas Cuba is finding ways
to get over the blockade and everywhere I went last year had loads of
new Mares kit & I notice Mares have named one of their wetsuits
Varadero (which is the name of the largest tourist resort in Cuba).
I've only recently started diving and have been in Havana (out of the
Hemingway marina), Jibacoa & Varadero last two were great dive sites,
Havana was just OK. These aren't the best places to go but I was on
holiday with non-divers so other factors came in effect. Driving around
places I've especially enjoyed going to are Baracoa, Santiago and
Trinidad but in 10 trips over 15 years I've never had a bad time.

Does anyone know any reliable details of Fidel's diving history?
I've heard the exploding clam story but not sure if it's a myth. A
'friend of a friend' says that they were waiting to go diving about
ten years ago when the boat was held for until he turned up for a dive.

Dean