So, you have gotten a little older and your body tends to complain more than it did before. The idea of gathering up your outdoor gear and finding an out of the way, remote location to camp in just doesn’t seem to be as important as it was when you were younger, much younger. If you are hoping for a little less “roughing it,” then consider staying at an RV park for your next excursion.

When was the last time you went camping? Many have not been since their childhood days, and even then it was probably with the scouts. Camping at that time meant learning survival tips as well as hiking, which provided great exercise and fun. Camping equipment simply referred to sleeping bags and the tent. Today, camping equipment can mean something completely different.

Do you have a kid that goes camping with a scout troop or something similar? If you don’t, then you may not realize just how much everything has changed. These days, camping means going to a campground in an RV park. No longer does camping entail having to pitch the tent, unroll the sleeping bags, and get a campfire going. These days, you just have to hook up for power and water and let the fun begin.

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Havana is a city steeped in history, and there’s certainly plenty of culture and echoes from the past amongst many of its main tourist attractions. But for those who really want to absorb themselves in a historical holiday in Cuba, these luxury hotels in Havana all have their own claims to fame. From famous events to people, these Havana hotels all have a story to tell within their walls

Hotel Ambos Mundos

While few would argue that the Hotel Ambos Mundos is the best hotel in Havana, it does have one very strong endorsement one that the management has been promoting for decades: between 1932 and 1939, Ernest Hemingway stayed at the hotel, and room 551 is where he wrote the first few chapters of For Whom the Bell Tolls. It was clearly his favourite room, and is now preserved as a shrine to the legendary author, with his affects including the typewriter he worked on exactly as he left them when he moved into his own house 9 miles outside of Havana. Local drinking establishments Hemingway was said to favour include La Bodeguita and La Floridita, so if you work up a thirst on your Cuba holiday, you can enjoy a mojito to Hemingway’s specifications.Teak Garden Table|White Furniture

Hotel Riviera

Notorious gangster Meyer Lansky (known for his work in The Commission and heading up Murder Inc. in the US) used his relationship with corrupt Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar to build this casino and luxury hotel in Havana in 1957. It was short lived though, as Zaldivar was overthrown by the Cuban revolution just two years later, and the casino was shut down, with the hotel becoming property of the state. In its two years of Vegas style glory, it managed to attract celebrities from around the globe.

Hotel Nacional

The Nacional hotel in Havana has the longest list of celebrity visitors in the whole of Cuba. Holiday making celebrities included actors Errol Flyn, Marlon Brando and Buster Keaton, historical figures Winston Churchill, Alexander Flemming, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, and even various Italian-American gangsters such as Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello.

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