Avocet's Adventures Around the World
Derry Ryder
Sun 6 Feb 2011 19:28
this is short update sunday6 february 2011 havana cuba we have been here nine days and have seen quite a bit of cuba the trip here took less than 40 hours at one stage  getting 12 knots speed over ground with help of three knot current arrived at three in morning .the entrance through the reef is 30 meters wide there is supposed to be a bouy just off entrance but wind has moved about 100 meters most of the bouys were  not lit so scarey passage.docked at 4 am and health inspector came within ten minutes and customs and immmigration twenty minutes later rhen later agriculture people who counted all fresh food on board but did not confiscate any ,,the hotel at the marina is called el viejo y el mar, the old man and the sea .havana is nice but seedy and run downeveryone friendly .the dockmaster got a friend to act as guide and taxi for us and it works well  on tuesday we will head out to florida and spend some time there