the best mosquito repellant is to cover up - light colors best. Cuba and most other countries in the hemisphere (save canada & most of US)...
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Beginning with South America on a shoestring over ten years ago, Conner has written heaps of Lonely Planet books to far flung places, mostly in Latin America. Since 2002 she has been based in Havana, Cuba where she is a journalist and Senior Editor for MEDICC Review.
She stays (mostly) out of trouble plugging away at her blog Here is Havana, building travel iapps like Havana Good Time (available on iTunes), and writing, wrtiting, writing.
Her current Lonely Planet titles include Hawaii The Big Island. Also currently available is her guide Guatemala Great Destinations (Countryman Press).
Coming to Cuba?
Check out Havana Good Time here: http://sutromedia.com/apps/Havana_Good_Time
Recent activity
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Help Needed - Mosquitos in the Americas - Cuba Branch
6 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Restaurant gift certificates, Havana in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Hola WK: there's couple-friendly and then there's couple-friendly. not quite sure what you mean by this but straightforward side-by-side...
7 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Restaurant gift certificates, Havana in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I know a couple of private spas in Havana that offer gift certificates, but no paladares. Please post if you find some.
9 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Some People Just Don't Get It in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Please see MEDICC Review (www.medicc.org/mediccreview) for peer-reviewed articles by Cuban researchers on overweight and obesity in Cuba....
13 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called recent trip experiences and observations in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Hey Bob! Glad you got to the pena - fantastic eh? Im writing an article on it right now. Were you there for the super moon? Sorry we didn't...
19 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Can I chat with a friend who has a computer in Santiago Cuba? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
PayPal for instance - a message comes up that I am trying to access a site from a blockaded country....
20 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Super moon over Havana in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Thanks mujer! I can use all the help I can get (and I did notice a little uptick in "Likes", so social media doing its job)
22 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Can I chat with a friend who has a computer in Santiago Cuba? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
My experience is different from that described by Pelo. few sites are blocked by Cuban govt (and some are blocked by US govt - Skype for...
22 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Can I chat with a friend who has a computer in Santiago Cuba? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Isabel: Facebook IM works well.....
23 days ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called Super moon over Havana in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Anyone interested in how the super moon looked over our favorite city this weekend:...
23 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called the paypal experience in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Yes, PP really chaps my ass with this. Even after communications from my lawyer (Im here legally) they block my account if I try to access...
27 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Current Events in Havana? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Available for press. I suppose the savvy could have used the connection as they filed by.....
29 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Current Events in Havana? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
hey! thanks for the plug. Just so no one gets irked: Facebook hasn't been loading correctly here in havana (for me anyway) the past week...
29 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cycling In Cuba in the Americas - Cuba Branch
crappy mountain bikes are being sold for $300 in "la shopping" these days....
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Maps of Cuba and Havana, What's recommended? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
#12: hi there. here in my neck of havana, we say agro (punto) - dropping the "pecuario" and/or the "mercado"...
about 1 month ago
- Full Name Conner Gorry
- Country Cuba
- Website www.connergorry.com
- Languages English, Spanish.
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