Written by mjulie555 on February 14, 2008
- As a graduation present I was able to go to Cuba, finally. Let me tell you right now that it was definitely a worthwhile trip!Make sure if you're flying in from Mexico to get to...
Written by Slug on December 20, 2006
- My father was a big radio dx fan. Equipped with a grey wartime valve radio, and a huge ariel in the back garden, he would wake during the early hours to listen to different stations...
Written by makmak on June 6, 2000
- The one great thing about Cuban Communism, as opposed to Chinese Communism (Cultural Revolution), is that the government has never supressed the arts. Cuban art and music is very colorful, and very pervasive...
Written by am331 on September 19, 2005
- It makes a world of difference that we visited Cuba as medical students. I think I noticed an inherent respect afforded to students of the "healing professions" here, in a country which takes it so...
Written by alex b on September 4, 2002
- There is a dangerous lack of basic medical supplies in Cuba. Hospitals find themselves overstaffed (the medical education in Cuba is top notch) as their are more doctors than medicine. Items that we take...
Written by moatway on April 1, 2006
- The Barcelo property was scoring high: Beach 5/5, rooms 4/5, cleanliness 5/5, grounds 3/5 (immaturity of the plantings), staff friendliness 4/5, staff efficiency 4/5. But what do we really hope for in an all-inclusive? Of...
Written by ext212 on March 1, 2004
- We woke up the next morning to a Morón that was different from the one we've come to know the past two days. Stores were still closed, but there were more people walking, biking, riding...
Written by ext212 on March 1, 2004
- Señora Noris' daughter tried to help us rent a licensed cab that will take us to the beach. The only driver available was asking US$60 for the round trip. We immediately refused. There were also...
Written by ext212 on March 1, 2004
- The next morning Señor Armando, probably with a painful hangover, walked us to the bus station to catch our bus to Ciego de Avila. We arrived by noon and were solicited by taxi drivers as...
Written by ext212 on March 1, 2004
- We started early in the morning and met the man the boy was talking to yesterday about horse riding trips. We walked to the other side of the town and met a few cowboys who...
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