Cuba - Steve & Kailee's Wedding April 12-24, 2017: (238 Photos)

238.   Another year and another adventure! Its been awhile since Sandra and I vacationed south but this month our streak was finally broken as we headed South to Cayo Coco Cuba with family & friends for Steve & Kailee's wedding!

237.   Our flight left St. John's at 6am with a stopover in Toronto where we met many of the other 10 day vacation crew. We arrived in Cayo Coco a little after lunch and then had a 45 min bus ride to our resort for the next 10 days the Iberostar Daiquiri.

236.   The resort was beautiful, skies clear, and temps in the high 20's. We were greeted by friendly staff and Steve and Kailee, Lee & Tonya (who arrived a few days early) both of the guys were dressed in classy hot pink shorts!

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234.   Once we got our room sorted away we all changed and hit the pool where Steve & Lee had loungers reserved as well as a Unicorn & big ass Swan!

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227.   The resort has a nice layout with a group of buildings to the East, Lobby Pool and Restaurant in the middle and another group of buildings to the West.

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225.   The first evening we hung out in the Lobby drinkin booze and shooting the breeze, it was a long day of travel for the 10 day-ers but a few of us held out till well after midnight.

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221.   After sleeping in Sandra and I met some of the crew on the Beach and passed away the morning on the beautiful soft sand. Skies were clear but winds moderate which was a welcome relief from typical Caribbean sticky heat and bugs!

220.   Kailee's Dad and I went for a walk down the beach and checked out a couple of the other resorts enjoying a couple beverages along the way.

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218.   After lunch most of us headed back to the pool.

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216.   I wasn't feeling 100% and stayed out of the water, unfortunately this earned me a wicked sunburn on my lower leg which irritated me the rest of the trip.

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214.   Meanwhile a bunch of the crew signed up for the floater board race in the pool.

213.   Even Randy B. had a go at it!

212.   Towel Creature Day 2.

211.   That evening Helen & Rodney had reservations for 10 at the Cuban restaurant down by the beach. The meal was decent, but definitely most memorable was an appetizer called Roasted National Vegetables being enjoyed (or mocked) by Rodney & Lee! LoL

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208.   While I tried the pork dish, which was awesome.

207.   Sandra wasn't fussy on the chicken, but the local wildlife certainly enjoyed it!

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205.   Start of night 2 shenanigans which started with booze, great tunes, & cigars and ended much later after more booze, cigars and laughs!

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202.   When in Cuba you take on Cuban traditions! LoL, fantastic Cuban cigars were plentiful and cheap!

201.   Marc provided plenty of entertainment the whole night with his sweet moves!

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197.   After being asked to keep the noise down by security late that night, we headed to the pool.

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195.   Of course it wasn't long before we ended up in the pool, iPods and all with security coming back with a look of disappointment once again LoL.

194.   Friday morning Helen, Sandra, Dad, Iris & I jumped on the Hop on-Hop off bus and headed to a little market about 50 minutes away. It was a great $5 ride that stopped at all the other resorts along the way so we got a chance to see them all.

193.   It was quite windy, amplified by the fact we were on a moving bus on a highway. At one point while moving, Dad stood up to change seats and had his sunglasses were blown off his head, over the rail, and onto the ground! The bus driver backed up, turned around to go back and look for the prescription frames. Unbelievably there they were pitched perfectly on the side of the road undamaged, not even a scratch!

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189.   There are still a lot of old cars in Cuba, most of them have had complete running gear transplants from another vehicle. A popular choice is dropping the body of the old cars onto KIA diesel SUV chassis. The workmanship is amazing, conecting old car controls to much newer powertrain.

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186.   There are also a ton of repurposed old Russian Military vehicles still on the road as well!

185.   This is the old airport on Cayo Coco which was replaced by the modern Jardines Del Ray Airport in the 2002. The highway to Cayo Guillermo actually incorporates the former main runway.

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181.   Towel Creature Day 3.

180.   While perusing the long Sandy beach Helen caught these wicked images of a Pelican dive bombing two kids snorkeling for seashells. He probably thought they were stirring up something to eat!

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