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TOUR CUBA ON YOUR HARLEY IN 2010

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.

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.

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 CUBA ON YOUR HARLEY IN 2010

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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 HARLEY 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 Havana airport.

Not included in tour price – rum, beer, water, gas, souvenirs and $25 Cuba departure tax.

Gasoline in Cuba can be cheaper than gas in Canada.

Discounts are available to groups of 5 or more HOG members.

15 DAY CUBA MOTORCYCLE TRIP

The departure is from Halifax or Montreal or Halifax and Montreal.

These prices are based on 5 motorcycles shipped in one 20 foot container.

Cost of 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.

Cruising the Malecon in Havana

The Hotel National in the background was built and opened in 1930 and 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.

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