Headed out to Cuba last Monday, got back on pretty much a red eye flight Tuesday morning at 4 am.  Was a pretty long flight back, being tucked in a little space.  I believe the flight was a solid 6 hours, going there was about 5 hours 40 minutes.

Spent 7 days at a 5 star resort which would normally be about a 4 in Mexico, I think mostly because the US doesn’t have any influence on the country.  Beaches are a lot better then Mexico with flatter, warmer and clearer water.  You also don’t have Mexicans bugging ya every few minutes to buy shit.

We headed into the Capital of Cuba, Havana for a day trip.  Saw how a lot of Cubans lived and what they lived in.  Some very interesting structures as well as a lot of variety of vehicles.  Many 50′s Americana cars, Chinese buses and Russian sports cars with very old Spanish architecture.

Didn’t do too much of the culture stuff since we stayed at an all inclusive but it was still quiet an eye opener see how these people lived.

Grabbing some of my favorite shots, I’ll add more probably to flickr later on.

Havana city from the top of a hotel

City 15k from our resort. Ran there...running was tough in 26 degree heat

Havana market in the capital of Cuba

Beach by our resort

I was finally able to get out and use my camera this weekend.  Had a choice between a ski weekend in Big White or head to the Oregon Coast for a family trip.  I had few more pros that made me grab my camera and head to the coast.    Stayed at Netarts Bay and did some marathon training  to Oceanside a few times with my camera.  Not too much else to say…check out the photos.

rest on fickr