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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. |
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TOUR
SEE CUBA BEFORE
CUBA CHANGES FOREVER
Enjoy motorcycling in Cuba.
Enjoy the Cuban scenery, the warm weather and the warmer hospitality.
15 or 22 day tours are
available.
In 1982 American multi
millionaire Malcolm Forbes paid millions of dollars to be the first person to
drive a Harley Davidson motorcycle across China.
You can be one of the first
motorcyclists in North America to drive a Harley in and across Cuba at a price
you can afford.
Get a group of friends together for the
motorcycle trip of a lifetime.
I am now planning a 15 day ALL
MOTORCYCLE TOUR that will leave from either Halifax, Nova Scotia or
Montreal Quebec in November 2010 and I need a
minimum of 9 motorcyclists.
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.
Included in the price of the tour - the motorcycle freight, the
hotel rooms, 3 meals a day, the pig roast party and the flight to and from
Cuba.
Included in the tour is
transportation to and from
Not included in tour price
– rum, beer, water, gas, souvenirs and $25
Gasoline
in Cuba can be cheaper than gas in Canada.
Discounts are available to
groups of 5 or more HOG members.
15 DAY
The
departure is from Halifax or
Cost of the Cuba motorcycle tour for 9
motorcycles with rider
Non HOG members
= $7,150 each
HOG members 5 to 9 motorcycles in total group = $6,750 each
Up to a total of 4 passengers = $5,950 each
This Motorcycle tour is not affiliated
with H.O.G. or the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company.
The agenda will include a meet and
greet when you arrive in Havana, you will visit Old Havana, the first micro
brewery in Cuba, tour the Malecon in Havana, visit the Hotel National that was
built and opened in 1930, it was in this Hotel in 1946 that Charley “Lucky” Luciano
called a meeting of the top bosses of the American Mafia to “carve up
Havana”. In 1955 Meyer Lansky opened and
managed the Hotel Nacional's casino and nightclub, bars and restaurants in
Havana, spend time at the beach in Veradero, a pig roast, 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.
Larger and smaller groups are priced different than
the 9 person tour quoted above.
This is a very close estimate on
the motorcycle tour price.
The final price will be determined in
July 2010.
We have to allow for gas and airplane
prices going up or hopefully going down. This price was determined using
September/October 2008 gas prices and oil was at $72 a barrel.
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 @ thunder.highway@yahoo.com
Licensed riders
only and you must be fully insured.