Cuba Adventure Guide

Overview

The author, a frequent visitor to Cuba, has written two of our most successful recent Adventure Guides, Belize and Mexico's Pacific Coast. She gives the scoop on all of the beaches, Hemingway memorials, and Revolution museums. Sailing and golf, bird watching, scuba diving, and Cuban baseball. Ballet, cabarets, and the ubiquitous beat of salsa throbbing in the night air. The charms of Havana - the largest city in the Caribbean - Spanish colonial architecture and sizzling nightlife. Cuba's sugar-white beaches, including Varadero, the largest resort in the Caribbean. Vibrant hummingbirds, corral-colored flamingos, and miles of sugarcane. The best shopping bargains, with tips on where to find the world's finest cigars and rum. Cuban festivals and events, including Santiago's Carnaval and the international jazz and film festivals. From a night at the high-octane Tropicana Nightclub to a visit to Fidel Castro's birthplace at Finca Manacas, travelers looking for more than the standard itinerary will find many unique options in this guide - everything a traveler needs to know when heading to Cuba. Packed with comprehensive information on accommodations, dining, sights, and recreation for every budget. Custom maps, fascinating sidebars, current guidelines for legal travel, and a complete coverage of Cuba's social and political history. Like all Adventure Guides, this one shows you how to meet the people, get involved, experience Cuba directly and unforgettably.

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Author Information

Bio of Vivien Lougheed

Vivien Lougheed started wandering at age nine, when she got her first bicycle. At 16, she discovered Greyhound, and took a trip from Winnipeg to Jasper, the farthest point she could afford at the time. That first view of the Rockies stuck with her, and hiking became a passion, mountains a major destination. She moved to Prince George so she could be closer to the Rockies. In the early 80s she started to see the world; China, the Mediterranean, Central America, Africa and the Himalayas of Tibet, Nepal and Pakistan. In 1986 her first book, Central America by Chickenbus, was published. This was followed by a regular column for the Prince George Citizen. Writing and travel became a blend. Vivien started writing for magazines, "Chickenbus" went into its third edition and she wrote the Kluane National Park Hiking Guide, now in its second edition. A trip through the Chang Tang, a prohibited area of Tibet, led to Forbidden Mountains, her only story book. Hikes in the fabled Nahanni area of Canada's North West Territories resulted in her co-authoring Tungsten John, with her husband. Presently, maps are forbidden - when Vivien sees one she is off again. She now has writing deadlines to meet, deadlines that can't be completed on the road.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Hunter Publishing, Inc.

Filesize

16.71 MB

Number of Pages

475

eBook ISBN

1588436195