Alas! The only solution to Havana's perennial public transportation woes does not lie in adding more Yutong buses, but rather in creating...
emagicmtman
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Semi-retired, but still teaching academic subjects half the year at a special academy which coaches students in competitive skiing and snowboarding. Have lead the local “Great Books” group for for 21 yrs. First visit to Cuba, solo, as a lad of 16, summer of 1959, in Centro Habana; second, cutting cane with the first Venceremos Brigade, in 1969-1970; third with wife and daughters, in April, 2004; fourth, solo, April-May 2006 and fifth, with oldest daughter, Feb.-March 2008. Sixth, one month, Sept/Oct. 2010 living w/ a Cuban family in far distant W. suburb of Habana. Sympathizes with the Revolution—though not uncritically.Recent activity
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cuban receiving car in the Americas - Cuba Branch
9 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Some People Just Don't Get It in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Agreed, Greslogo! As Foreign Minister Molotov is purported to have said to Foreign Minister vonRibbontropp, at the signing ceremony of...
13 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Some People Just Don't Get It in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Thanks for sharing your fotos, Bob. They capture Cuba as it is, whereas Barnako's, for the most part, captures it as he would like it to...
14 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Some People Just Don't Get It in the Americas - Cuba Branch
A magnificent hatchet job, Yemaya! H.L. Mencken couldn't have done it better, nor James Joyce in ULYSSES, when, through the persona of...
15 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called cuban films in the Americas - Cuba Branch
A contemporary favorite of mine, available for free and online over at YouTube is HavanaStation. Although it is only available there in...
25 days ago -
posted a new Thorn Tree thread called My Home Away from Home: CMBF, Radio Musical Nacional de Cuba in the Americas - Cuba Branch
As I write this I'm listening to a live program of choral music over Radio Musical Nacional. Once again, I have to praise the programming...
26 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Do you need a money belt in Havana? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Carry most of my cash in a travel wallet worn around my neck/under my shirt, and have never had a problem, even riding the crowded...
26 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called travel to Cuba from Detroit in the Americas - Cuba Branch
As in math, the simplest solution is the most elegant. In your case, the easiest solution is to reserve a flight from Toronto (rather than...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called The good, bad, and ugly, part 2 in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Your trip to Las Terazzas and the Rio San Juan reminded me of my excursion there during my last visit. My Cuban host, his wife and I took...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Passenger 189 - Interesting fact, Not travel related in the Americas - Cuba Branch
The gentleman to which they refer was a citizen of Spain who was a resident in Cuba. Now another esoteric fact: In the 1943 German(!)...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called dia de los trabajadores, Plaza de la Revolucion, any suggestions? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Although I carried a camera, was never challenged when I attended (last time was Fidel's final May Day speech, in 2006), and was right in...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Air conditioning in Cuba in July. Do I need it? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
!Cripes! Even in October I was uncomfortable, let alone July, at least walking around Habana in the mid-day sun (necessitated by my quest...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called dia de los trabajadores, Plaza de la Revolucion, any suggestions? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
From you casa, head south to the Parque de Fraternidad, on the south side of the Capitolio, between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. This is the closest...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called How do I send mail from Cuba to the US? in the Americas - Cuba Branch
I suspect that if current cuts go through in the U.S. Postal Service (end of weekend delivery, closing of thousands of post offices, etc.)...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Trip Report - From New York through Toronto to Cuba in the Americas - Cuba Branch
Perhaps you were flagged not only because you were born in Poland, but also have the same name as the anti-hero of Wajda's famous 1956...
about 1 month ago
- Country United States
- Languages English, Spanish.
- Favourite Places Habana, Bayamo, Santiago, Santo Domingo and the Sierra Maestra
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