From landing in Havana, hoofing it all the way down to Trinidad and back
in a rented Mexican built Nissan (with special insurance on the tyres in
case they get stolen by raft builders), the author vividly describes his
hellish time in the Caribbean's biggest island nation during Fidel
Castro's 'Special Period'. Compared to Bill Bryson, this is a travel
tale of three weeks in the Sunshine Socialist State where extortion,
confrontation, dolphins, kidnapping, appalling food and a chance meeting
with 'The Leader' became a story worth telling. And all the author
really wanted at the time was a nice quiet, boring beach holiday.
""Surely this holiday is just off to a bad start. It couldn't get worse,
could it? No really, could it?"" 2nd EDITION, REVISED FEBRUARY 2008 -
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