Cuba

Generali

purch39 wrote:

You can "experience" Cuba by visiting Ybor City in Tampa.

Brocato's on East Columbus does the best Cuban sandwich.

The ongoing close ties between the U.S & Cuba make this move more than decades overdue.

Is a Cuban sandwich like a dodgy hug?

jjlandlord

In_For_A_Penny wrote: »

It does make me wonder if this has anything to do with Russia. It is an eminently sensible and popular move but does make me wonder “why now?”.

They've been negotiating for a year (at least that's the public information) and there were signs of thaw ever since Raul Castro came to power in 2008.

Generali

Am at Abu Dhabi airport. What a dump! Long haul flying should be against my human rights.

Who can I sue?

<<Uughhh smilie>>

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

Generali wrote: »

Am at Abu Dhabi airport. What a dump!

Yep.....

Nikkster

mystic_trev wrote: »

I guess the Yanks will come in and ruin the place :mad: I think it was always going to happen once Castro died.

I traveled extensively round Cuba, 13 years ago, a lovely place and friendly people. I just hope they preserve Havana's old, historic and crumbling buildings.

I'd love to visit Cuba, and obviously its the crumbling buildings and old cars I'd be hoping to see... but aside from the tourist value, if (if) Cubans want change, why shouldn't they get it?

zagubov

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

Perhaps the Americans would like advice on how to provide a national healthcare system?

They need it, but not sure they'd like it.

Nikkster wrote: »

I'd love to visit Cuba, and obviously its the crumbling buildings and old cars I'd be hoping to see... but aside from the tourist value, if (if) Cubans want change, why shouldn't they get it?

First time I went to the US I was really fortunate; it was New Orleans and it had a Caribbean /European charm that the rest of the US seems to lack. I'd hope that Cuba has a lot of that as well.

bugslet

Mr Bugs jumped ship in Cuba, spent some weeks pootling around in a taxi with a Cuban lady soldier, who had gone AWOL, living like a millionaire on dollars. Then they caught up with him and threw him in prison for being there illegally. To add to the occasion, it was whilst the Bay of Pigs was on.

Apparently it had stopped being fun at that point.;)

antrobus

Nikkster wrote: »

I'd love to visit Cuba, and obviously its the crumbling buildings and old cars I'd be hoping to see... but aside from the tourist value, if (if) Cubans want change, why shouldn't they get it?

The buildings ain't just crumbling. They're actually falling down. A pretty regular occurence in Havana apparently. People get killed. One of the signs of real change in Cuba has been the fact that the Cuban media has actually been reporting the fact that people have died during a derrumbe.

How does the song go now?

A cheap holiday in other people's misery.:)

purch

Generali wrote: »

Is a Cuban sandwich like a dodgy hug?

They are easy to recreate

Next time you are at a London railway station just buy a sandwich from Upper Crust , and then sit on it.

Nikkster

antrobus wrote: »

A cheap holiday in other people's misery.:)

That's what I meant. As much as it would be interesting for me to go and see this 'other worldly' place, why should Cubans have to live like that? It's a country not a museum.