Category: Cuba

*Travel*, Central America, Cuba

What’s that huge knife for? (a Cuban roadside adventure)

Pirates brought me to Camagüey. Not in the way that you might have hoped but bear with me while I set the scene a bit anyway. Currently Cuba’s third largest city, Camagüey sits about three quarters of the way down the island East from Havana. It used to be on the Northern coast, but its position near the sea turned out to be convenient for … Continue reading What’s that huge knife for? (a Cuban roadside adventure)

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*Travel*, Central America, Cuba

Your Girl in Havana

I landed in Havana the day Big Raúl relinquished the Cuban presidency, ending the 59-year long Castro dynasty that managed to survive an American blockade, the collapse of their economic mainstay, and apparently 600+ assassination attempts. The western media were calling the occasion “enormous”. The people of Havana seemed not to have noticed. Life and the living of it was the priority today as with … Continue reading Your Girl in Havana

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