Saturday, June 12, 2010
As I had chosen the cheapest and most complicated journey out, it meant I had to get a flight to Frankfurt, then change to get a plane to Miami, then change at Miami and get a plane to the Bahamas, then change at the Bahamas, annoyingly I had to get a hotel as I couldn't sleep at the airport terminal and the hotels all cost a fortune, then in the morning get my flight to Cuba. At the airport I met a man who was staying at a nearby hotel, the same hotel I had been recommended to go to by the immigration officer. I shared a taxi with him, it cost $12 US and they wouldn't leave until we paid a tip. Then worse news, the hotel had no spare rooms, even more annoying, it was cheaper at $70 US per night. The Bahamas is so expensive for accommodation, ridiculous in fact, probably why there were no back packers there at all. The hotel receptionist called a taxi to take me to another hotel, the cab cost me another $15 US then the hotel cost $90 US, it has to have been the most expensive single night so far on my trip and I had to pay for a taxi to take me to the airport the next morning. The room was massive and had two very comfortable double beds and air conditioning but still, I did not foresee this at all and was not expecting to have to pay any money and have now spent about £100 seemingly unnecessarily. Possibly in the future I will return to the Bahamas but for now its well out of my price range, and it looks amazing, turquoise water as far as the eye can see, white sandy beaches and plenty of palm trees all over the place. Got my flight to Cuba soon so I will actually be continuing my travels after my small hiccup that left me being sent back home.
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