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Baracoa part 2 - let's get political!
... he's really in another place.
You see this broken telephone pole here? This is a symbol of Baracoa."
As he left us he saluted and gave us the revolutionary slogan "Hasta victoria siempre!" (Always towards victory!)
One of the other (older) Cubans was asked if he was bothered by us having this conversation. He said no he wasn't, but he didn't normally talk about these things because talking about it didn't change ...
Baracoa - Yum.
At last, some tasty food! Cuban food is so bland. Standard offering is fried chicken or pork
served with rice. We have really missed those Mexican salsas.Except in Baracoa. Some regional delights:
- Cucuruchu: a homemade mixture of coconut, honey, fruit, sugar and spices, sold in a cone made out of banana leaves. Mmmm.
- A ...
Baracoa - oppsummert
... slett en utrolig opplevelse! Vi satt for det meste med store glis om munnen. Bratte fjellsider og klart, rent vann. Naa var det nok et lite poeng for de at vi betalte alt, for maten og drikken vi hadde med, er nok ikke dagligdags for de saa lenge det ikke betales for andre, noe som visstnok heller ikke var saerlig normalt. Men utover det, var dette kun pleasure og nada business, ogsaa for de.
Enden paa denne visa ble at vi inviterte Manolo med paa ...
Vi drar til Baracoa
... turen, og uten A/C. På de veiene her som allerede beskrevet, bare enda villere og mer variert - selv små barn vandrer i veikanten når vi dundrer forbi i 70 km/t, sjåføren ser ut til å bry seg. Det eneste sjåføren så ut til å bruke det lille av energi det er mulig å ha på en slik ferd var for øvrig å tute og snakke gris til alle jentene han fant interessant langs veien.
Turen ble på beste vis avsluttet med to timer uten 50 meter sammenhengende på jevnt underlang, og det var ...
Salsa!!
... br> As we chatted to Andres (well Liz did most of the chatting as my Spanish is still rubbish!), we were hailed from next door by a man who turned out to be Andres brother. We were cordially invited to go to a Rumba show he was putting on in the cultural center that night, and we agreed to go.
The usual chilling and dinner followed and before we new it we were off to the show. Felix was pleased to ...
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