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29 October Golf at Varadero October 2007Marty organized the trip for Jim, Mickey and I to Cuba for our yearly golf trip. We had assumed that three rounds of golf were included but there was a snafu. Enough said! We played 5 rounds and enjoyed them all with changing weather and states of one's golf game.
We were surprised at the airport by seeing that Roger was joining us. Although he didn't golf we all met apres golf and dinners.
We went with Holasun on the Cubana Airlines airbus. We stayed at the Breezes Bella Costa restort which is near the golf course. All in all we enjoyed it a lot. The album more or less sums it all up; however, Mickey provided an excellent synopsis which is reproduced below.
The golf summary is:
The following is Mickey's contribution which may not make sense if you weren't actually there:
Between beers at the airport, I jotted down some memorable moments in Cuba. MB at Toronto airport before leaving, "things are going away to smooth" 3 hour wait at airport prepares all for open bar in Cuba It was TC, not Janey that told us there were 3 free rounds of golf included Luci stated she never heard of golfers in Cuba? Everyone started clapping when plane first touched the runway in Cuba (still doing 300 mph) went real quiet when reverse thrust and heavy braking bashed everyones head on the seat backs. Sporadic clapping then as people looked for fresh underwear. No bottle of rum in room No clock or CD player MB lends all his pesos out so others can buy 5 rounds, then has to pay by credit card (declined) Tim' volunteers his credit card, thanks, the cheque is in the mail. MS sets the bar low on first day, 83. JM counters the next day with a 82 JM Bingo!! TC/MB up to the challenge and shoot a pair of 81s on Wed. TC shows it wasn't a fluke and shoots 81 on Thurs. MB 290 yard drive, 30 yards to pin, bogie 5? TC hits the pin from 200 yards out of a waste bunker and gets a bogie, after hitting 3 off the tee?? MS/MB/JM watch in awe. Sergio/Alex get TC a special winners drink, MS pipes up, me too? Both end up with silly grins and a thick heads the next day. MB brings out the A game on championship day (78) and graciously accepts the trophy hat. Thanks boys, drink up. MB Bingo! Biggest surprise other than a no golf included golfing trip, Roger at the airport. Most entertaining shot, TC duck hook 250 yards out into the blue Atlantic ocean on #18 Scariest moment, TC dining chair tumbling off the dining floor down stairs, through shrubs towards the ocean. Coolest cab ride, 56 Olds convertible with Hollywood dual mufflers. Woke Roger up at the pool. Weather forecast for week, thunderstorms every day. Actual S-95, S-95, S-95, S/cloud 92 thunder shower, cloud 88, sun cloud 90. Asked if we drink all the time. Asked about our relationship (lottery between staff) Answers varied from family, friends, workers, hs. JM/MB biggest rush. Cat ride in 30 km and 4' seas. JM on low side. Cool fishing boats (inner-tube). Red flag days and R washing down to the Melia Varadero hotel in riptide. JM having enough sense to stay out (remembered WS ordeal last year) TC/MB buying rounds at the Xanadu roof top restaurant. No speaked the English, right!! Most relaxing, sleeping on beach, kayaking on ocean, bed by 9pm. 3 club winds and monster drives. Par threes that nobody hit the green for days! Best deal. One peso to go through a hole in a fence. Worst deal, 25 pesos to leave Cuba. JM gets trapped in airplane washroom by food and beverage carts for 20 min. Nobody claps this landing until plane at gate and doors open. Coolest dining moment. Waiters lifting a fully set table to the ocean side of dining room. Best seat in the room! Best food, everything was excellent, immodium stayed in box. I am sure there are many other memorable moments, the important thing is that you know them and can enjoy telling your friends what a great time we all had. Thanks to Roger for joining us as he was a positive, optimistic force when the golf trip first became a non golfing trip. Thanks to TC and MS for setting it all up. As MS said, "it would be very hard to duplicate this trip again as everything seemed to drop into place to make a perfect golf vacation during hurricane season in Cuba". Adios amigos. TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://timmasplace.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!93309519F55B9575!491.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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