When we get off the bus in Holguin from La Habana, a young man with a sign “Benjamin”, awaits us, and takes us to his cousin’s “casa particular”. We usually try to organize accommodation for just the first night of a trip,…

We land in Amsterdam 2 days prior to plan, as I “kidnapped” Peta the day before her birthday, with the offer to “go have breakfast in Amsterdam”. Not a bad offer, she thought. A few flight changes later, we arrive…