Cuba 2015- Day 6

So we're coming into the home stretch so I've been reviewing the week that we've had. We stayed at the Iberostar Playa Alameda Resort in Veradero. The staff has been remarkable, from waiters to cleaners to entertainers- everyone here is so energetic and happy! Five stars for staff here!!

A lot of the people in this picture performing also man the beaches in the morning. I'm pretty sure some of these guys work 16 hour days! Everyday! And days off don't come excessively often it seems!

This waiter was awesome, he would remember your drinks from the night before and have it ready before you sat down! I discovered Banana Daiquiri's while down here,.. Essentially banana rum and lemonade but mmm it was good!

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General maintenance on the resort however gets maybe 2 stars.... The A/C in our room doesn't really work very well which made the nights a little warm (again expecially coming from our lovely NS winter). I am unfortunately already having a hard enough time sleeping with my wonderful cough! The key card slot on our hotel door actually has begun wearing out the card before the week is up, it's like playing roulette every time I have to pee!
Whenever I need to use the washroom I return to the room because all of the public washrooms (excluding the lobby one) are a horror story!! ZERO maintenance! Obviously no one is assigned to maintain these washrooms! One toilet was overflowing and flooded the entire washroom (aaand of course I was only wearing flipflops...)I tried using the same washroom 2 days later and it was still completely flooded... The second one near the beach was in decent repair however maintaining the toilet paper was something else that was neglected... If I had my purse I was fine ! I am always packin' tissues- especially this time of year.. But if I was just running in from the beach I was screwed. It didn't take long to realize it was worth running back to the room.

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So I missed the show AGAIN tonight.... We dined at The Romantico International Restaurant tonight... Well now that won't be happening again anytime soon. I got hit with a lovely wave of food poisoning. It hit me like a dart of shooting pain and I couldn't run fast enough!