This selection of people (including one shot of the rooftop across from our room, which I could not stop watching as the days unfolded) reveal Cuba – and yet of course, they only scratch the surface. The people are genuine, generous, resourceful and inventive, sad below and funny on top, hopeful yet discouraged but always determined, forever musical and artistic as you might find (almost) anywhere in the world under a dictatorship. Whatever is squashed in people will find its way out, somehow and some way. Spirit and energy seize the day because everywhere people are always people. But Cubans are heartbreakingly suppressed, crushed and pounded into obedience, held captive on an island 100 miles from our coast, where every boat owner is under constant surveillance. Whatever your beliefs are in regard to immigration, anywhere in the world, on any shore and in any border town, you should visit Cuba. It is a country with an old soul that is dying to be set free. The people will enchant and surprise you with their indomitable spirit. You need to go to Cuba. Stay in Casa Particulars with Cuban families who are trying to make an extra buck by opening their homes to tourists and where you can eat a home-cooked meal in their immaculate kitchen and you are able to have a real conversation. You do need to go to Cuba.
My next post will be about Ernest Hemingway; his home and his legend, and his love affair with Cuba.
Jo Ann Brown-Scott – Author, Artist, Photographer
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Wonderful photos Jo. I love the people already because of their indomitable spirit. We’re planning on going in February.
Alison
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Hope you read the text also – wordpress screwed up on one of my posts so i published the second try and they put a huge gap between text and pictureds!! Aargghh – bad day with them today
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Yes I read the text. I can’t wait to go. We finally booked our flights today. We fly from Cancun on Feb 13 and have 2 weeks there.
A.
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Oh thats great! We went into Havana for 3 days then Trinidad then Cien Fuego then back to Havana for 3 more days – 11 days in all
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We’ve allowed 14 days – 5 in Havana, 2 in Cienfuegos, 2 in Trinidad, and 2 in Playa Larga to go birdwatching one day and snorkelling the other, and the rest travel days. How did you travel from place to place?
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We took a very nice tourist bus from Havana to Trinidad – then at the Trinidad bus station there were some great guys who would drive you anywhere you wanted to go and make stops along the way, in air conditioned cars with you being the only passenger – look for them over at one side of the parking area – we hired a GREAT guy named Manuel and he took us to Cien Fuego and we stopped at an old sugar plantation along the way which was really great and fascinating – tell him Peter and Jo recommended him if you inquire.
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Thanks so much for the info Jo.
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Then we took another bus back to Havana….
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