Bulldog does Cuba ....

10/1/98

This report has been written to be read alongside Petey's report, filling in on the gaps where you were probably saying "what was Bulldog doing while Petey was screwing himself stupid?" For the most part I was doing the same!

A couple of points arising out of this latest trip, which may repeat what Petey has already said:

1. Having a car and being able to cruise at will is a great advantage and the girls love to be taken in a modern car rather than a beaten up Lada which may break down at any time. You will certainly see many more girls than you could hope to meet using other means of tranport.

2. I took my digital camera & guys if you can get hold of one & TAKE IT WITH YOU! The girls really love being photographed and then seeing themselves on the LCD screen. If you want to you can always delete it later saving on the cost of film. You can also take pictures which you would have problems in getting developed ... certainly here in the UK

3. After the embarrassment of what Petey said about me, I would like to return the compliment. He is certainly a fun guy to be with & thanks for your companyÖ.even if you were like a kid in the candy store. Never seen anyone fall in love with so many chicas in so short a time! He even fell in love with two chicas at the same time on one occasion! Look forward to our next trip together.

So down to business. I arrived in Havana a couple of days before Petey and sorted out the casas in advance of his arrival. Decided upon Anita's house which was only a couple of blocks from the Malecon and within ten minutes walk from both the Habana Libre and the Riviera. Normal rate is $35 a night but 10% discount on room for TSMers. All rooms are very secure & grilles all around the house and each room has a fridge with drinks supplied at $1 a time.

Prior to that I had the usual confrontation at immigration at the airport. I was one of the first through the immigration desk. Asked for my hotel voucher & said that I had reserved by fax and handed a copy of my fax to the Hotel Deauville. After studying it for a minute or two was told to enjoy my stay in Cuba. Baggage arrived swiftly (about 20 minutes).

I had arranged that first evening to meet up with a few fellow TSMers and you will be able to read more about our escapades in Miami Dave's report.

To be honest, I can't remember what happened after our meal together & after all by that time it was about 4 am English time and I had been up for over 24 hours. So if anyone else knows what I got up to, please let me know!

TUESDAY 8th Sept.

Had a business meeting at 12 and prior to that met up with Skylet who had kindly brought over from the States a 240/110v converter. Thanks a lot for that & it certainly came in useful. Without that you wouldn't all have seen all the wonderful photos from Petey and me! Met up with a Canadian lawyer who also introduced me to a property developer & more on that when I get backl from the Trade Fair next month.

Come the early afternoon and I decided that I was getting peckish and remembering that El Patio in Old Habana was a good place to eat and admire the scenery I headed there. I had a bite to eat and was hassled by numerous women & as I had happened to sit at the tabel that fronted the street.Silly me!! Anyway I rejected them all as I was not really interested at that stage & until along came Milagro

Now she was not young (later found out that she was 35!) but she had a lovely smile and nice personality. So I said to come back in half an hour when I had finished eating. She asked if she could wait outside the restaurant & presumably to make sure that no one else pinched me!

We spent the afternoon walking around Old Havana, having the odd drink and surprise, surprise ended back at my casa, getting to know each other. We got to know each other quite well especially in the shower, so I asked her if she would like to join me and the other TSMers for the evening. No problema! The evening's debacle is well doumented in Miami Dave's report & I will just say that I have never seen such a small girl as Yeni eat so much and then become indignant when her plate was cleared whilst she was in the loo! Never try to out-eat or out-drink a Cuban girlÖ.you're on to a loser!!

Wednesday 9th September

This was the day that Petey was due to arrive, so after sending Milagro on her way, I headed to Marina Hemingway to collect the car we were to hire for the remainder of the stay. Whilst I was there I thought it might be advisable to check whether the plane was on time as I didn't want to wait an hour or two at the airport. The car hire place let me use the phone. "Dos horas" the airport said. Not too bad, thought I, then realised that they had said that the flight would be coming in at 2 o'clock in the morning. Bang goes my night of passion, thought I and that would have made two days out of three. But what the heck, I had three weeks there, and did not want to wear Percy out before I had got into the rhythm of things. So in the afternoon I cruised around a little and met up with Miami Dave and we headed for the Ipanema. Now I knew that I was not going to be able to take a girl with me all the way to the airport and then back to the casa as it would be morning by then so I just chatted a bit. Spoke to two sisters who offered to come with me & only $30 for the two & temptingÖin fact so tempting that I said I would come back for them at 5 but if I wasn't back then I would definitely see them the following day. Great I thought & one of my fantasies to be put into play at last! However, I then saw another girl I fancied and told her the same thing! Yes, guys, I know that means double (if not treble trouble) but I find it hard to say no to these beautiful chicas!

So I head off to the airport at 2 am thinking that it will take at least 45 minutes to get through immigration etc. Anyway, there is an acute shortage of street lights and I get lost on the way to the airport with no map and don't arrive until 3.30. There I am panicking as Petey doesn't know what I look like or which casa we are staying in. But I need not have panicked as he does not appear until 4.30. Recognised him from a photo he had previously supplied me with but would have known it was him from the "ready for action" appearance!

Having thought that I was going to miss out on any action that night, I was surprised to find that Petey was ready to go on the prowl "just let me drop my suitcase at the casa first" was his response. As you will have read in his report we met two girls immediately in the lobby of the Havana Libre and this one of my girl does more justice to her than the one Petey posted!

Thursday 10th September

Not much to add to Petey's report of our day at the beach. This is a photo of my girl involved in the trip halfway across Cuba.

After leaving the two girls we headed for the Barge. In fact it is called "El Marino" and is a good place for the less expensive chicas & especially those living in Old Havana. For those of you who do not know where it is, if you head for the seafront from the Plaza de Armas it is straight ahead of you. There we met Violetta and Katy. Both Petey and I were instantly attracted to them (you will hear this on a number occasions) and both of them had beautiful bodies. Katy had particularly beautiful breasts as this photo will bear witness.

We all headed back to the casa to get down to business. After about an hour I was just about to enter No 2 when there is a knock on the door. "Shit" I thought, but had not penetrated that far. It appeared that there had been a problem between Violetta and Petey but I was more interested in other things. Katy was going to staty the night whilst Petey would take Violetta back home.

Friday 11th September

Violetta came back for Katy late morning. We arrange to meet in the afternoon and Katy and I act as peacemakers. We have a drink in El Patio

and Katy and I have a farewell session as we have told them that we are off to Cienfuegos for a few days and would see them on our return. Katy sees my Gamegear (fortunately after I have been satisfied) and it is difficult to wrench it off her.

I give her a cheap walkman I have brought over as a gift with which she is thrilled.

That evening at Ipanemas we were just about to give up when three beauties arrive. Two brunettes and a blonde. Petey is taken by one of the brunettes and I by the other, but in Petey's eccentric manner he wants to make sure that he is not missing out on anything better. So we arrange to see them in half an hour, giving time to check out Johnnies. Nothing better there so we head back to find them outside. However, the one I had thought I was getting was not there but the blonde, Rosa, instead. Not being able to really say anything now, and as Petey is obviously very keen on his, I go with the blonde. Not the best looker I came across in Cuba, but the sex was fantastic, including a one hour tongue massage. I could even tolerate the thick mutt. The

pictures show what I mean!

The following morning I say that I would like to see her again and she gives me her phone number. This is blown a little later as you will see! She asks for $30, but I am still on a high after the fantastic night's sex that I give her $50 & to buy something for her little boy! I know, but it seemed right at the time.

Down at the beach we come across Rosa's sister who had been one of the bunch of three from the previous night

We meet my little blonde from the previous Wednesday night and arrange to meet as her friend Chanel and Petey are getting on as though they would both come without actual physical contact. Another chica that Petey fell in love with! You will have read of the escapade with the girls we met previously when looking at the casas. I was less energetic at this time and was rather sore after Rosas non-stop action so while he was fucking his in the quarry I just had a fumble in the back of the car.

After dropping them off, we met Ali and Jani of which much has already been said. I make no apology for publishing the photo again here as these were without doubt two of the most stunning girls we met. Sorry guys, these are ours and no phone numbers will be given. I will be out in Cuba again at the end of the month and Jani will be on my shopping list.if I can get away from my girlfriend!

Petey, I don't need to remind you what a d**khead you were to let these go..but I will do none the less!!

The girls we met in the Hemingway that evening were also of model quality but hardened pros and I will add nothing more to what has already been said by Petey apart from the fact that performance did not match appearance. My girl was Dani & avoid her if you come across her in Papas.

Sunday 13th September

Beach was not up to much so headed back to Havana. Met two girls on the Malecon & Madelin and Ari. Agreed to take them back to the casa & big mistake in timing on my part as Rosa was there having waited all day for us to come back from the beach. What were we doing with the two girls & SILLY QUESTION!! I was fumbling for an excuse and said that she was the friend of Petey's girl and was going to wait while they did the business. Don't think that she was convinced and said in that case could she come in. I said that I was going to lie down as I had a migraine but we could meet that evening. Agreed to meet at 1 am outside the Ipanema. Gave her the fare for her taxi and to buy a hamburger and got back to Ari

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That evening headed up to the Ipanema & even there early & waited between 12 and 2 but no sign of Rosa. Petey let his love of the day escape so we headed down to Johnnies & where Petey again met Christian and I fell in a big way for her friend, Sara.

Monday 14th September

There is little to add to what Petey has said about Matanzas and Varadero & did not get laid that day and wished we had stayed in Havana!! Certainly Tanya and Vera, the two girls in the hotel disco were real lookers & but we were both alert to their scam.

Tuesday 15th September

Again Petey's report covers everything & I went back to collect Sara & as usual we were a little late and when I got to her place she wasn't ready. I waited and Petey was getting impatient because he was late for Chanel. I told Sara to hurry & Petey said he would collect Chanel from the HL as arranged and come back for me. Well no sooner had he gone out the door than Sara appears ready to go out. I chase after petey just as he starts to drive off. I chase after the car but Cuban streets being what they are I go flying on the road, tearing my trousers and cuts and bruises all over my body. Fortunately the most important part was undamaged! So we wait for Petey to return & alone & and go to the casa for me to change and head off to eat. The Doctor cafÈ I will certainly endorse as being the best Paladar we have found.

That evening Sara and I act as peacemaker and Petey ends up with Christian that night.

Wednesday 16th September

That morning I give Sara $20 & she has had a good meal and been taken out the previous night. Says it isn't enough as she needs to buy some shoes which are $40. This pisses me off and I said that I want her to stay with me for the rest of the trip and she can take $20 now or she can have the $40 and we are finished. She opts for the $40. So I say that's it & goodbye. She shrugs her shoulders and I take her home. I regretted this later because I really liked her but I was not going to back down & the Scorpio streak in me!

Later that day we went around again to see Katy and Violetta and arranged to meet them that evening on the Barge at 11. Met two petite chicas who we arranged to have a session with the following afternoon.

That evening on the Barge Petey was still experiencing problems with Violetta so he decides not to waste any morer time and teams up with another beauty who had been giving him eye contact. All four of us then return to the casa.

Thursday 17th September

Told the girls we were off to Cienfuegos and would get in touch on our return. They were a bit pissed off. That afternoon we headed to the Riviera square and sat down at the bar wondering if the petite girls from the previous day would show up & no problem and after a drink each and a bite to eat we headed back for afternoon relaxation for $20. Both girls were very enthusiastic! That evening in the Ipanema my heart was not really in it & but eventually went with a girl Marbelis who had been chasing me. I was starting to get dark looks from a few girls who I had stood up on previous nights! She was an enthusiastic lover although did not want her face shown on the nude photos & so guys you will just have to paste the face from the first photo onto the other two!

The sex was good enough to see her again so agreed to meet up again at 3 the following day.

Friday 18th September

That morning after saying goodbye until 3 to Marbelis, I accompanied Petey on the ritualistic "pussy patrol". We had the arrangement to alternate days on driving so that we both had the opportunity to scan the scenery. Petey, however, had the knack of scanning better than me even whilst he was driving! He had arranged to meet Clara who we spotted that morning later in the day whilst I was in my casa with Marbelis. However, she wasn't there and another love of Petey's life had escaped. How many times did this happen in those two weeks Matey?

The Paladar we went to that evening and to which Petey refers is the Paladar Marpoly. It is in Calle K one block north of Linea. It is run by a Cuban lady who resembles Sinead O'Connor and is very popular with the Italians. Good but not as good as Doctor CafÈ.

That evening we went to this bar cum disco which an American guy we met had been raving about. Entrance was only $1 hence the number of Cuban guys. Well, Petey was getting on well with this girl Julie but I didn't rate the place. Upon reflection I think that it was because it was different from the other discos in that the girls didn't immediately hassle you. We were probably the only non Cubans there and there seemed to be a high proportion of men to girls. So after a while we decided to see what was going on at Johnnies and left. As we were going to the car we saw these two girls, Ody and Rosanna. As we wanted to see what was going on in Johnnies we said that we may see them again. They said they had no money to get into the disco so we gave them a dollar each.

There was nothing going on at Johnnies, or rather too much, hot and full up with Italians who were making a nuisance of themselves so we decided to head back to the first place. We looked for Ody and Rosanna but couldn't see them and assumed that they must have gone home. The place was much livelier now and one of the girls Petey had been chatting to earlier came over to me. She was Alexis and had a beautiful body. We got on very well and arranged that she would come back to my casa for a couple of hours for $20. We were just going outside from some fresh air when I spotted Ody and Rosanna chatting to Petey. Well, I was too far down the line with Alexi so I quickly sidled outside, thinking that I would get a taxi back as Petey looked as though he would be staying for a good while yet and I was keen to get down to business.

Just before we got into the taxi, Alexi's cousin appears. It appears that they live together and as they live a good distance away, could she come along and wait in the lounge until her cousin is ready to go home? Saw no problem in that so we all headed back. Once in the casa she asked to use my bathroom and the next thing I know she comes out of the bathroom wearing only a broad smile! They are very close cousins and do everything together it seems! They wanted $20 each. Well, as this had been one of my (so far unfulfilled) fantasies who was I to say no? Although I was feeling rather tired that evening & it did not take much for them to wake Percy up and a good time was had by all.

When the time for them to go came, they asked for a T shirt each which I gave them and a few gifts. However, after they had gone, I found that even this had not been enough and they had also taken my toothpaste, soap, after shave, remaining perfume gifts and my umbrella! So be warned.

Saturday 19th September

That afternoon as arranged we met up with Ody and Rosanna. Went to the waterfront bar next to the 1830 Club for a drink or two.

As you will have reckoned from Petey's report this was another love of his life and I had immediately been taken by Rosanna even though at 25 she was the second oldest girl I had met in Cuba. Rosanna was in fact Ody's aunt!!

Unfortunately for Petey, neither of them spoke much English and it was down to yours truly to help out & quite important in this instance as you will have gathered from Petey's report.

Well, we got back to the casa and had paired off into our respective rooms when there was a knock on the door and the problems Petey has so well documented came to light. I was feeling as randy as hell and could see that I was going to go without unless I could find a way out of the problem. So I managed to assure Ody that Petey would do nothing against her will and I and Rosanna were only in the next room if she needed us. So everything was OK.

We all met up again a little later as we had to go and meet Popper at the Habana Libre coffeeshop as arranged. We brought him back to the casa and started to make arrangements for the evening. It transpired that Ody's shoe was broken and she needed to borrow some for a friend. So Petey took them in the car whilst I took Popper for a walk along the Malecon towards the Riviera which was only some ten minutes walk away & if you don't keep stopping for the sights. We were making our way back when Petey pulls up in the car. He's really flipped now, I think to myself, trying to pick us up instead of the chicas! But then I realise that the girls aren't with him. The story is well documented in his report so I won't repeat it again.

That evening we spent some time cruising and Petey's report contains the photos of that night. We took Popper to the Marino were I bumped into Katy. Now Marbelis actually lived next door to Katy and told me to be very careful with her as she was married. The person maintaining to be her brother was in fact her husband and pimp. He had made her sell the walkman I had given her for $15. I firstly came across the husband and said that Katy was upset I hadn't been in touch. Why couldn't she speak for herself. I said I had my reasons for not wanting to see her anymore. She then came up to me and I asked her why she didn't tell me that she was married. She said who did I believe Marbelis or her & but the answer was written in her face. Her husband then even had the gall to ask me to buy him a drink! It was a shame because she was a smashing kid who I would have liked to have seen more of.

We all then headed to the Ipanema but after my contretemps with Katy I did not feel like a girl that evening. So Petey and Popper brought their girls back with me solo. Anyway about half an hour later I was feeling a bit lonely so decided that I would go out for a drive. Headed up to the HL and had a drink in the coffeebar & nothing grabbed my attention. Cruised up to 5th Avenue and back along the Malecon. Same result. It wasn't that there were no girls about it was just I was probably feeling sorry for myself after Katy and Rosanna the previous night. So I got back to the casa at 5am to find that Popper's girl was waiting out there and said she had been there for an hour as Popper had said I would take her home. This was unusual as we normally gave the girls taxi money but I thought maybe as he was new to Cuba he didn't know the score. So I agreed as she said it wasn't far.

Now women are noted for being bad navigators but this one was the pits. It took us an hour to find the way and at one stage I was so distracted by her changing directions that I went across a junction into the face of an oncoming car. How we didn't have a head-on collision I will never know. He came to a stop about ten feet away from me.

Eventually found her house in the middle of nowhere and I then had to find my way back. It was 6.30am before I got to bed.

Sunday 20th September

Was still thinking about Rosanna and wondering why she hadn't come to collect her ID card. Decided that I would try to get in touch after Petey had gone back on Tuesday.

That afternoon went along the Malecon and met Yulaydes (of orange hot pants fame) and her friend Neuris.

Neuris was the only black girl I went with in Cuba but was a great character & she worked for Cuban Television & and a great lay to boot. It was difficult to prise her out the shower and was a girl who liked every orifice to be filled. How I wished I had Petey's baton with me & it was difficult to keep all orifices happy!! And all for $15.

Bumped into Mabel and Friend and arranged to meet the following day. Despite my afternoon romp I was feeling randy that evening and was determined my night would not end up like the previous one.

We headed for Johnnies. Now Petey has two laser pointers & one of which was deliberately broken by the girl from Marina Hemingway, but he had one working still & although the batteries were wearing out (or was it the baton?). Anyway, there was a girl in Johnnies who also had one and kept playing it on Petey and me. Well, Petey was not really interested and in my eyes this girl, Susanna, had class written all over her. A lovely slim body and long dark hair.

I just had to have her that night. She had given me a hard on just looking at her and kept playing the laser beam on my dick and everyone was looking and laughing! So we did a deal for the evening which was still quite young. But I wanted to make the most of this one. $30 and she would stay until 10 the next morning

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Her body out of her evening dress was everything as good as I had hoped. Unfortunately, like a lot of these girls, they are not so keen on sex in the morning, and quite often it is not worth while having them all night. Susanna was the same & just a fumble and she had to be on her way. Probably didn't help the fact that we didn't wake until 9.30!

Monday 21st September

Petey was not a happy bunny this morning as this was his last day (and night) in Cuba. So our usual jaunt after breakfast turned up two of the most beautiful girls we met during our stay in Cuba, Katia and Yadira, of which more later. We arranged to pick them up at 8pm to leave the rest of the day free. We met up with Mabel and her friend Alisia for an afternoon session. Again we were not to be disappointed. Two hours of fun for $20. What a way to spend the afternoon.

That evening we met up with the girls as arranged and Popper brought his love, Jasmin. We went to Dr Cafe that evening as it was Petey's last night and we wanted it to be one to remember. Picture of Popper's girl and of Yadira

We all then went to the 1830 club for the evening. It was far from crowded but we were not on the pull, which was just as well as there wasn't much spare about apart from two Spanish girls. The floor show was not fantastic with the disco afterwards. My me

mory of that evening was gazing out over the water with a beautiful girl next to me, thinking "this is Heaven & I wish it could last for ever." There were tears in my eyes which the others could not see, and looking across to Petey I could see that his girl was even more special than the others. There are tears in my eyes again now as I type this

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We all went back to the casa and a night of bliss ensued.

Tuesday 22nd September

A sad day & Petey's departure. I think I was as sorry as him that he was going as we had become great pals. In fact we still seem to be on the phone to each other each dy since out return. Maybe we're in love (ONLY JOKING MATEY!!)

Back to the girls of last night. Money had not been talked about but I was flabbergasted when my girl asked for $60. She said she had to pay for the rent on the casa as they were only here until Friday, but that we would meet up again tonight and I would not have to pay any more. With the wrong head doing the thinking I agreed. Petey was experiencing a few problems with Katia as well. We dropped them off near their casa that day and drove off. A little later we were passing the same area when we saw Katia on the central reservation and doubts about her sincerity were beginning to sprout in Petey's mind. Either that girl really was in love with Petey or she was a very good actress.

Petey had to go back and get packed, and as we had a little time to spare before I had to drive him to the airport, we went for a drink in the lobby of the Habana Libre. There we met two girls who attracted our attention by squirting Petey with a water pistol. We explained that Petey was on his way to the airport within the hour and they asked if they could come with us and one of them would have sex in the car with Petey!. The other girl was an English teacher, and I explained how I could possibly rovide her with translating work and set her up with a fax machine which she was very interested in. I arranged to meet her the following day at 2 in the same place.

Dropped Petey off at the airport and headed back to the casa after a drive around for a while. Somehow it didn't feel the same without him around after two weeks together. That evening Popper and I decided we would give the Havana Libre Disco a try even though it was $15 a go. We escorted two girls into the hotel who then asked us to take them into the disco. They wanted us to pay for them and as they were so nice we foolishly (in my case) agreed to do so. I don't know there names but these are photos of them with Popper and me.

Popper's one was prepared to go back with him for a modest fee. Mine wanted $50 & a special reduction of $20 on her normal fee of $70 for bringing her into the disco. On your bike I said, and she promptly vanished, never to be seen again.

These are the girls & mine was the blonde.

So I went off to find my own entertainment and found Carmen at the lights at the bottom of La Rampa. .

She was a cute girl & still at school but my heart was not really in it that night and I was still thinking of Petey and how I was going to meet up for Rosanna. That last question was answered for me the following day.

Wednesday 23rd September

Popper and his girl wanted to go to the beach today, and as he was not meeting up with her until after lunch I thought that I could arrange to bring my afternoon date as well, if she turned up. I was confident that she would as she was keen on the work I could give her in the future. Sure enough she was there & some 10-15 minutes late. Her friend was also with her and she asked whether she could also come to the beach. They did not have swimming things but would be happy to sit on the beach while we swam. So we all piled into the car and found a table with umbrella just outside one of the beach bars for which we were told there would be no charge. Guys, if you do this, don't fall into the mistake we did & there were five of us and we settled up the bill at the end - $37! Pay for the drinks and food as you go and you won't get things added to your bill as I'm sure we did.

Anyway, I digress. Popper decided that he was going to take a walk along the beach to admire the scenery (away from Jasmin). After five minutes he comes back to tell me that he has seen Ody and Rosanna further down the beach. Well, I was on my feet before you could blink and making excuses that I was going for a swim headed for them. Fortunately they were some way away and out of sight of my girls.

Rosanna was thrilled to see me and the misunderstanding with Petey was cleared up & when he had driven off to find a bathroom they thought he was taking a runner. All four of us headed into the see and Rosanna and I had a lengthy embrass and some underwater playtime before I had to return to the others. I did arrange to meet up with her on Friday and she gave me her phone number. We returned to the others and as it was getting close to 5 decided to make our way back to Habana. My two girls made it clear that they both wanted to come back to the casa with me & but I made it clear that I only wanted one. However back in the casa I couldn't resist them both and agreed for $30 each. My one was going to come back in the evening at 8 and charge me only $20 for all night.

Well, these two girls were so horny that I was finding it hard to hold back, with the result that the session only lasted about an hour. In a way that suited me because my one was coming back at eight. However, once again I was scammed because she never showed. A case of having got her money & but she lost out on the future work I could have provided her withÖbut that's the Cuban mentality in many cases.

Anyway as 9 came and went with no sign of her I thought & what am I messing around for. I really want Rosanna and only have four more days left. What better way than to spend them with her. After all, I had spent the last two and a half weeks trawling the Malecon, La Rampa, Fifth Avenue etc & it's about time I took things a little easy.

So I rang her number hoping that she would be in. A man answered & "Is Rosanna there" (in Spanish) I said. She was and she squealed with joy when I asked her whether she could be ready in half an hour.

Popper and I had already decided to give Papas a try as we were not on the pull and it was a most enjoyable evening. As Petey said in his report, Rosanna was a fantastic dancer and I could not keep up with her but she was a delight to watch. Papas during the week only costs $5 to get in and they have a good floor show for an hour from midnight after which the disco starts. Again there were plenty of spare girls there but neither of us were interested.

Pictures of Jasmine and Rosanna at Papas .

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Thursday 24th September

Popper was due to leave today, but due to the impending arrival of hurricane George, no flights were leaving. Rosanna who was with me all the time now and I, dropped him off at the airport and I then took her shopping. Ody came along as well, and I bought Rosanna some shoes and a swimming costume. I remembered when I saw them on the beach that they had gone in swimming in their denim shorts. However, seeing Ody's face I asked her whether she would like a costume as well. She beamed and said yes please. It was only $13 and I am a softy when I see the pleasure it brings. She wouldn't let me put it on her to test the fit, however.

When I got back to the casa, I was surprised to find that Popper was there due to the flight problems. He wouldn't be leaving that day for certain. So that evening we went to a Paladar and then managed to find the Cuban disco/bar where I had first met Rosanna. Popper found a very nice chica who was to spend the evening with him. That night admission was doubled to $2 as they had a cabaret & a band and a comedian & not much good if you don't speak Spanish. This time there were many more girls and every trip to the bar I was grabbed and groped & one even unzipped my flies. However, Rosanna wouldn't stand any nonsense and made it quite clear to all that I was with her. I was happy with that.

Friday 25th September

Woke to find that we were in the midst of hurricane George. At that time the worst of the winds had died down. Had to get down to Marina Hemingway for a business meeting and extend car hire until Sunday. Business meeting off as the guy I was due to meet had structural damage to his house. Had left Rosanna in the Hotel El Viejo y El Mar in the Marina and I went to collect her. Initially could not find her and thought & "oh no, not again" but then found she had moved round to the satellite TV screen to watch the hurricane news on CNN. Only the hotels can receive satellite & Fidel does not allow the Cubans to do so for obvious reasons.

I had to wait for a couple of hours for a puncture to be repaired to the car and by the time it came back the heavens had opened and it rained torrential for the next 12 hours. By the time I got back to the casa the roads were flooded in over a foot of water and the Malecon was closed.

Needless to say, again Popper didn't get to fly out and that evening we went to the Cabaret Las Vegas. The music there was very loud and Ody came along to make up a foursome. Ody made it quite clear, however, that she and Popper were out that evening only as friends which suited Popper as we were all tired that evening. Ody was still regretting the misunderstanding with Petey.

Saturday 26th September

As with Petey, this was a sad day for me as it was my last day. Rosanna and I wondered around the town, taking some photos and generally enjoying each other's company. I can still see her face now as we were having a drink after lunch in Old Havana when she said to me "MaÒana es la realidad". Tomorrow we are back to reality. We both knew what that meant, in different ways for each of us, and not for the first time during my stay, there were tears in our eyes. That evening, I asked Rosanna where she would like to go. She just wanted to spend time at the casa with me and go for something to eat. She took me to a chicken restaurant in Miramar & can't remember the name which was good value. We then returned to the casa for our last night together.

Sunday 27th September

The day I had been dreading had arrived. The morning was spent buying a few knick knacks in the market and I then dropped Rosanna off home. With tears in our eyes we parted and I swore I would contact her once I got back to England and would be out in March, maybe sooner. Ody had met us at the casa and went to pains to ask me to send her love to Petey. She obviously thinks a lot of him. Here are a selection of pictures of Rosanna. I do have others but she has said that they are for my eyes only and I will respect her wishes.

I returned the car to Marina Hemingway and they were to drive me to the airport. They said that there was a French girl who needed a lift too and could she come. I said if she comes, she certainly can! This is her photo.

All in all this has been by far the most enjoyable holiday that I have EVER had. Made all the better from the great company from all you guys, apart from Petey and Popper, such as Miami Dave, Skylet and others. It was a shame that due to the hurricane the meeting with others did not take place, but maybe another time guys.

I still miss Rosanna greatly even though I swore, as did Petey, that we would not fall for these girls. I have spoken to her a couple of times on the phone and the good news for me is that I will be back in Cuba in a couple of weeks time for the Trade Fair. So there will be time to meet up again and hopefully with Ali's friend Jani. I have promised Petey to steer clear of his girls, in particular Susanna and Ali, although I know that you guys are lusting after them!

All views in this report are my own & if you don't agree with them then I'm sorry, that's your problem. I know that the Asiaphiles will find all of these photo's abhorrent but then as they say & beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And I love to behold Cubanas. In my opinion there is nowhere else on earth like it. Long may it remain.

Bulldog.