Casa Martica Y Miguel
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Hola Havana - Day 5 - Cuban Art and Hemingway
Today was our final formal lecture in Havana. We had the opportunity to hear Maritza Corrales, who has been a consulting scholar to numerous research and academic institutions in Cuba and has published numerous articles on the history of Cuban Jews. She has lectured at universities all over the world, including Israel, Spain, Mexico and Cuba. We learned that even though Cuba is thought of as a Catholic country, similar to other ...
Street Passion aka Feliz Cumpleaños
... a on a wonderful trip. When you dance to the rhythms of your life, you're truly alive in all ways." Enough said. (Of course, I also pulled Coventina - time to detox.)
Yet enough cannot be said about what a phenomenal birthday I had. Each event naturally rolled into the next, being open to whatever was ahead. Leslie dared me to get 42 kisses, or besos, that day. Little tip if you come here - tell every it's your birthday, ...
The Amazing race begins
... those last minute Spanish lessons just paid for themselves!). I would like to point out that whilst I am required to do all the talking (Karen doesn’t speak any Spanish) she is often staking out our place in a queue, exchanging money or handing me travel sick pills, its teamwork all the way….
We boarded the dodgiest aircraft I have ever had the misfortune of flying for our Aero Caribbean flight to Santiago de Cuba. As noted in the ...
Viva Cuba Libre!
... a construction worker $14. The psychologist I became acquainted with was making $18. So, successfully befriending (or tricking) generous (or naive) foreigners is understandably viewed by many Cubans as one of the only viable paths towards economic opportunity. And even amongst Cubans themselves, hustling is rife, often elevated to the level of an art form. The ability to hustle seems necessary to live in Cuba and have access to anything beyond the ...
Cuba (the country of no hay)
... the Hershey train from Matanzas back to Havana at 11.30am (check the times as they are different to the book). The journey time was supposed to be 4-5 hours but it was really cheap and you get to see a lot of the countryside, as well as the old Hershey factory, on the way. Six hours and sore bottoms later (plastic seats) we arrived in Havana where we had to take a ferry shuttle across the harbour to Havana Vieja.
This time we stayed in Centro Habana, heading ...
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