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The Presidente of the
Latin America Motorcycle Association in Havana Aldolfo stops at the side of
the road to admire the view at
the Yumuri River Canyon in the Orient (East) of the country, 5 LAMA members
were just finishing an all around Cuba
tour. Aldolfo
is a founding member of L.A.M.A. in Cuba and together with Sergio Morales who
is a top motorcycle mechanic and 25 more guys they started LAMA in 1999. Now
LAMA has more than 35 members just in Havana and as of this date there are 2
more LAMA chapters in Cuba, one of them is in Cardenas(Matanzas
Province), and the other chapter is in Santa Clara and very soon they will
have a LAMA National Committee. |
The roads are pretty good
in Cuba and the traffic is usually light once you are in the country but keep
an eye out for the occasional goat, pig, horse cart or cow that may wander
onto the road and try to stay in front of the rare 1957 Buick that belches
out huge clouds of black diesel smoke. Some of the old cars in Cuba had the
original engines replaced because they couldn’t get replacement parts due to
the USA embargo. |
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Cuba linda. |
In the backyard of a LAMA
member – Havana. Cuba has good biking
weather most of the year but I prefer November, December, January, February,
March and April. |
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At the Colon Cemetary in
Havana to visit the gravesites of members of LAMA. Aldolfo
and Gerardo visiting the grave of Pepe Milesima on father´s day in Havana,
each year on this day LAMA members go to the cemetery for all the bikers to
pay tribute to all those people who are no longer among them. Pepe was a wonderful
witty man who emerged as the mechanic who saved the endangered Harley Davidson
motorcycles in Cuba and he taught fellow enthusiasts without hesitation.
Sergio Morales was Pepe’s prize apprentice. |
5 members of the Havana
Latin America Motorcyclist Association or LAMA for short. Starting
from left they are: Julio Cesar, Adolfo, Eladio, Omar and stooping in the
front Ricardito. |
TOUR
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Enjoy motorcycling in
15 or 22 day tours are
available.
In 1982 the famous American
multi millionaire Malcolm Forbes paid millions of dollars to be the first
person to drive a Harley Davidson motorcycle across
You can be one of the first
motorcyclists in
Get a group of friends together for the
motorcycle trip of a lifetime.
The agenda will include a meet and greet when you arrive in Havana,
you will visit Old Havana, the first micro brewery in Cuba, the Hotel Nacional in Vedado that was built
in the 1930’s and the American Mafia operated a casino in the hotel in the
1950’s, the American Mafia, the Hemingway Marina in Mira Mar, bars
and restaurants in Havana, spend time at the beach in Veradero, a pig roast party, visit the Valley of
Prehistory in Vinales and the city of Pinar del Rio, spend a few days in the
historic musical city of Trinidad, visit the Che memorial in Santa Clara and
the Museum of the history of the Revolution and lots more.
I am now planning a 15 day ALL
HARLEY TOUR that will leave from either
A
maximum of 4 passengers are welcome and they can ride on the back of a friend’s
motorcycle, one passenger can ride in the support vehicle.
I will do my best to
accommodate individual riders or small groups to help make up a minimum or
maximum size tour.
You must take your
motorcycle to Cuba
because you can not rent motorcycles in Cuba, I will help to arrange the shipment
of your motorcycles to Havana Cuba and back to Halifax or Montreal.
The
motorcycle freight, the hotel rooms, 3 meals a day, the pig roast party and the
flight to and from Cuba is included in the price of the tour.
Not
included in the price of the tour - $25 Cuban departure tax, gas for the
motorcycles, water, beer, rum, and other drinks.
Gasoline
in Cuba can be cheaper than gas in Canada.
Prices for the tours will
be available by September 2008.
Discounts are available to
groups of 6 or more HOG members.
Any tours in 2010
will be able to accommodate up to a maximum of 14 motorcyclists and 4 non
riders and will be able to leave from
I must have a minimum of 4 motorcycles.
All tours will be
accompanied and led by Cuban motorcyclists and there will be someone present
who can speak Spanish, English or French.
The
Cuban motorcyclists will make sure your motorcycle is ready to go when you get
to Havana Cuba.
The 15 day tour will stay
within a 4 to 8 hour one way driving distance from Havana; the 22 day tour will
take you to Havana and into the center and lower section of Cuba and you will
cover most of Cuba.
An example of a 15 day tour
of Cuba would be 8 driving days, 2 rest days, 3 days in Havana, 1 arrival day
and 1 departure day.
You will stay in classical
Hotels in Havana, and while on the road you will be in luxury beach hotels and
the best local hotels.
Your
motorcycle will be shipped in a container from Canada 3 to 4 weeks in advance
of your departure and it will return to Canada approximately 4 to 5 weeks after
your return.
A
distance of 120 miles to 200 miles a day will be covered on most driving days.
The roads are in good condition and the roads are wide but the cities can be
traffic congested at rush hour.
November, December,
January, February, March and April are the best months to travel in Cuba and
temperatures can range from 50F at night to 78F - 95F degrees during the day.
You can travel at other
times of the year but in some months you may encounter heavy rains, hurricanes,
or very hot humid weather.
Since the year
2000 I have been to Cuba 8 times for a total of 17 weeks and I will use this
valuable experience to help with arranging the trip.
You have to make sure your
motorcycle is in good running condition before dropping it off at the port of
departure.
Once you have all the
necessary information on how many people and how many motorcycles are
interested in going just e-mail me and I will get started on your adventure in
Cuba.
e-mail seabuddy@yahoo.com
Licensed riders
only and you must be fully insured.
For good
motorcycle information visit www.thunderhighway.com