Afternoon,

A few months ago we had a quick weekend trip to Holland to visit my parents. They were of camping so the house was empty which meant that there was place for us. I brought my brother in law Jarred, his wife Clare, Jackie and her mum Barbara...

On the saturday we went to visit my parents on their campsite. We had given them a barbeque as a present and as we had a head chef with us (Jarred) we had an imprompty barbie... Needless to say that Jarred did us proud and cooked a great barbie!!!

Jarred had to get used to the fact that the dutch eat all the time even when camping...

This was my parents caravan.. Hmm, looks a lot neater than my caravan...

Barbara relaxing in my parents house back garden. A good time was had by all as the weather was great and the food ace and the green wonderful hahahahahaha!!!

Cheerio,

Alex.

James 21 in a silly hat...

Another late entry...

These are some piccies from James' birthday in April. He had come up from High Wycombe from Uni so we had to throw a little party...

This is yours truly hiding the fact that the cider was having a great effect in the sun hahahaha!

We had the party at the place where Uncle Jarred works so he did the honours with the cake...

Silly hat competition: James wins!!!

Everyone diving into the chocolate monstruosity...

Two of James' cousins digging into the dinner...

It was a nice little party with some decent cider and some good grub...

Cheerio,

Alex.

In the jungle, the mighty Jungle Jackie screams tonite!!!

Wheyhey another update...

While we were in Varadero, Cuba we went to some nature reserve. In that place they have the
oldest remains ever found in Cuba. They are believed to be from neolithic times...

This was a small cave where they found some skeletal remains...

Lots of bromeliads hanging of trees and it was boiling hot of course...

This here made Jackie run for the hills shrieking like a banshee... If you look carefully you can see a small snake in the middle. It was some little tree snake but it was enough to make her leg it... I don't know who was more scared, the snake or Jackie hahahahahahha!!!

Lots of cute little lizards everywhere...

Oh, and some dolphins... No they were not wild, they were penned in and were tame...

All in all a nice day out tromping through the undergrowth...

Cheerio,

Alex.

Cuba Holiday April 2010...

Afternoon!

Like per usual this must be a record, I haven't updated this Blog for ages now... Mainly because I was busy and also because I had better things to do...

In the mean time I have been to Cuba with my wife, to Dubai with my Lebanese agent, to India with my Indian rep and various other places in the last few months...

Right Cuba...

That was an eye opener I can tell you. The place is absolutely stunning but its ruined by the fact that the cuban people are dirt poor and under control of the government... They make fuck all money there while they see rich freely spending tourist having fun in their paradise...

This was the beach right outside my hotel in Varadero. Varadero is a 20 mile strip of white sandy beaches and lots of all inclusive hotels...

We did this holiday as a two centre jobbie. We stayed in Havana the first three days which was brilliant. Loadsa bars and restaurants and they all had one thing in common, they all had little cuban bands playing. This restaurant which strangely was called Vietnamese Reastaurant even though it didn't serve anything remotely Vietnamese had this combo playing. They were really good. It transpired that a lot of cubans are properly trained musicians that can't get any decent work so they have to work the tourist scene... After that we relocated to Varadero for 10 days lounging on the beach... what hardship that was... hahahahaha...

While we were in Havana this UK registered boat showed up to show the locals that yes, we are dirty capitalists... Bloody huge...

And yes, the cliche is true, the whole place is full of pre- 1957 american cars. This is because the govermnent doesn't allow any normal person to buy a new car... So they have to make do with these old bangers that look good but are pretty crap...

This is the Government House in Havana. Looks a bit like the White House doesn't it?

So, all in all, I enjoyed Cuba but I would not go back in a hurry unless there is regime change... I can't bear to watch these poor people living in paradise without any bloody money just because their government thinks that communism is the way forward...

By the way, Mojitos rock!!! Never drunk so much rum in my life!!! Hahahhahahaha!!!

Alex.