GoPro Kids in the Pool Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

 GoPro Kids in the Pool Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

The Iberostar Laguna Azul Resort on Varadero Beach in Varadero Cuba has six swimming pool, six!
We were traveling with our friends and their three children and those kids were ready for a swimming pool as soon as we got to the resort, any swimming pool, it didn't matter which one of the six, as long as it had water. So when we got to our rooms, the kids got changed into the swim suits and they hopped into the nearest pool and were as happy as, well, kids in a pool.
Now I'm more of a beach guy but the pools at the Iberostar Laguna Azul are beautiful, clean, clear and inviting and I had my GoPro camera with me so who could resist capturing some footage of kids having fun, splashing around in a swimming pool.

Hope Beach Volleyball Tournament Ottawa Canada

Hope Beach Volleyball Tournament Ottawa Canada
Every summer Ottawa hosts the HOPE Beach Volleyball Summerfest on the beach at Mooney's Bay. The HOPE Beach Volleyball SummerFest, is the largest one-day outdoor  beach volleyball tournament in North America. More than 10 000 players participate in this beach volleyball tournament on 1032 teams using  86 courts and 162 Volleyballs. It's always fun in the sun.

A Great Start to the Day Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

A Great Start to the Day Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

I'm not sure there's a better way to start the day than getting up early, in this case 6am, and walking along a beach, in this case Varadero Beach near the Iberostar Laguna Azul rsort in Cuba, and watching the sunrise.

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Waves Crash on Coral Shore and into Blowholes at Varadero Beach Cuba

Waves Crash on Coral Shore and into Blowholes at Varadero Beach Cuba

Just up the beach a little from the Iberostar Laguna Azul is this out croppring of coral. It rises up out of the sand and stretches to the sea. On days when the surf is a little stronger and the waves are a little higher like this one, the waves crash into the coral and push through the blowholes and sprays everywhere. 

Up Early at Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

Up Early at Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Cuba

This trip to Varadero Cuba was very much like a déjà vous. I'd been to Cuba before... I'd walked through the sand on Varadero Beach before... I'd stayed at the Iberostar Laguna Azul Resort Before... and I did it with exactly the same people before. What was going on??
Well, to make a long story short we had such a great time travelling with our friends and their kids on our first trip to the Iberostar Laguna Azul, that we wanted to take another trip with them. We search the travel and airline site and the resort that had availability that fit with everyones schedule and was price at a point that suited everyone's budget and had flight times that didn't mean arriving in the middle of the night, was, you guessed it, the Iberostar Laguna Azul. 

Beach Time Lapse Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Beach Cuba

Beach Time Lapse Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Beach Cuba

I love time lapse video. I love watching time lapse videos and I love making time lapse video. I love the beach. I love relaxing on the sand on the beach and I love splashing in the waves washing up on the beach. Is it really surprising then that I would make a time lapse video while I was on a beach vacation at the Iberostar Laguana Azul resort on Varadero Beach in Cuba? Not really surprising especially considering that it was such a beautiful day, although they all were, and Varadero beach is such a beautiful beach.

I use the built in intervalometer on my Nikon D7000 to photograph this time lapse and if I remember correctly I set it to 1 frame every 3 seconds.

Tropical Rain Storm Iberostar Laguna Azul Varadero Beach Cuba

Tropical Rain Storm Iberostar Laguna Azul Resort Varadero Beach Cuba

We had had a beautiful day on Varadero Beach up until we felt the first drops of rain.  The sun had been shining all morning and into the afternoon. It started to get a bit hazy around mid afternoon and by late afternoon the clouds started to roll in. When the first drops hit us we started packing up to leave the beach and it was lucky we did. Our room at the Iberostar Laguna Azul was in one of the buildings on the resort that was located very close to the beach and we only just made it to that building when the wind started to really blow and the downpour began. I filmed most of this footage from the balcony of our room.