Tag Archives: Cuba
#DailyHappyTraveller 14.2.17
Love this photo of Rania & Hamish. Thanks for choosing and sharing it Dave.
Madge In Cuba
On our last day in Havana, Mrs Wilbur, our new friend Guy and myself decided that we would buy Panama hats as a final souvenir of our wonderful trip to Cuba. Mrs Wilbur spotted a nice looking hat shop in the Old Town, so in we popped. The shop owner called Paco was a very good […]
Viva Fidel Castro – You Cannot Bury Ideas
President Castro Everybody in Cuba proudly knows the story of how lawyer turned general Fidel Castro swept to power in 1959 following the revolution that ousted the corrupt dictator and U.S. ally President Batista. The revolution’s success was pronounced during a two-hour long speech by the new leader from the balcony of a municipal building […]
Power To The People – The Cuban Revolution
Divided Nation There are always winners and losers in any struggle for power. The very different scenes in Havana and Miami at the news of Fidel’s death in November are perfect testament to this – an outpouring of grief and gratitude in Cuba, unbridled joy in Florida. I have read many accounts of the revolution […]
Sweet On Cuba
Sugar Production You may not know it but Cuba used to be one of the most prosperous nations on earth. The prosperity of the nation was transformed in the 1790s when sugar traders fled the slave rebellion in Hispaniola (modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic) for their much bigger neighbours. They found conditions in Cuba […]
Hey You – A World Icon
Before I visited Cuba I had of course heard of Che Guevara. Now I feel I know him. Che was born in Rosario in 1928, Argentinian but part Irish through his paternal grandparents. All his life he struggled with asthma, but this did not stop him loving and playing rugby and qualifying as a doctor. Ernesto […]
Life On The Road Cuba Style
Think of Cuba and Havana or Trinidad in particular and you will probably think of classic American cars. The types of gas guzzlers that you saw in the movies transporting Peggy Sue to the drive-in or turning evil and crushing its victims (Stephen King’s Christine). Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Fords, Plymouths, Mercurys and Lincolns too. Many of […]
Cuba – A Series Of Fortunate Events
Unless you are a voluntary resident of Guantanamo Bay you will not see a Starbucks or a McDonald’s in Cuba (yet)! As you will soon become very aware, I had a fabulous trip to the largest island in the Caribbean very recently, accompanied by Mrs Wilbur and best travel buddy Hamish. We spent a few […]
Cuba Libre
I got back from Cuba this morning after sixteen wonderful WIFI-free days. I have blisters on my camera clicking finger and a multitude of stories to tell. What a fabulous country!
