Odysseus: Summary After a long and exhausting struggle on the sea, Odysseus finally reached the gorgeous shores of Cuba. The land was warm and consisted of primarilly flat land (Lindop 3). The coastline was jagged and odd, different from any other of the shores he had been to (Vazquez 15). After a strenuous two hour walk he eventuallty reached Havana, the capitol of Cuba (Vazquez 8). After Odysseus reached Havana, "the playground ot the Western world, " he was tired, so he searched for a hotel to sleep in (Vazquez 8). Odysseus finally came upon a ran-down, low-priced hotel; just the type for him b