Mar 15th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
I've never been to Cuba but this picture by Un rosarino en Vietnam is exactly how I picture it in my mind. Crumbling facades and vintage cars, all colored by a faded palette of soft blues and gentle greens. You just don't find a scene like this one in many places in anymore - it's like a time warp to the past. Have you taken any stellar photos in Cuba? Or maybe just one from your last trip to ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Photo of the Day (3.15.09)
Mar 15th, 2009 at 4:00PM:
I've never been to Cuba but this picture by Un rosarino en Vietnam is exactly how I picture it in my mind. Crumbling facades and vintage cars, all colored by a faded palette of soft blues and gentle greens. You just don't find a scene like this one in many places in anymore - it's like a time warp to the past. Have you taken any stellar photos in Cuba? Or maybe just one from your last trip to ...A wrap-up of Cuba news and stories
Jan 13th, 2009 at 2:30PM: As my plans to travel there solidify, Cuba has been on my mind -- and luckily quite present in the news! Here's a wrap-up of some of the interesting stories coming from Castro country.
Taxis and transportation: Unlike his brother, Raúl Castro is encouraging independent drivers to apply for taxi licenses to improve transportation in major cities in Cuba.
Guantanamo hunger strikes ...Travel read: Around the Bloc
Dec 21st, 2008 at 11:00AM: I stumbled upon Stephanie Elizondo Griest's writing on a stopover in New York City. She was reading from her third and most recent travel-related book, Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines, at Book Culture near Columbia University. I was immediately struck by her engaging use of language and her savvy presence. It's a pleasant sight to behold a young, female traveler and writer who is ...Cuba Closer than Ever for Americans
Jul 22nd, 2008 at 11:30AM: Canada's southernmost city might as well be called a suburb of Detroit. The Motor City's skyline is distinctly visible from downtown Windsor, which lies just across the Detroit River. While most border-hopping is for the purpose of shopping or sightseeing, Windsor's airport is a major gateway to Cuba for US residents. It is illegal for folks from the US of A to spend money in Cuba. Thus, there ...Blogging fearlessly from Havana. How?!
May 19th, 2008 at 3:30PM: One of my favorite country blogs of all time is that of Yoani Sanchez, the 32 year old blogging secretly from Havana. To write on her blog, she has to pretend to be a tourist and go to a hotel to access the Internet. Of the 11 million people who live on the island, only about 200,000 have open access to the web -- they are mainly government employees, researchers and academics, to whom the ...Literary Gadling: Hemingway's Cuba, Cuba's Hemingway
Aug 1st, 2007 at 11:30AM: Paging through the August 2007 issue of the Smithsonian Magazine, I found an article about Ernest Hemingway's impact on Havana. It is written by Hemingway's last personal secretary, Valerie Hemingway, who later married his youngest son Gregory (hence the same last name.) Hemingway lived in Cuba before 1960, when the US Ambassador advised it would no longer be safe for him to live there. He kept a ...Photo of the Day (03/26/07)
Mar 26th, 2007 at 3:03PM:
The waterfront in Havana, Cuba as captured by romanvardi.
This is how communism looks best - romantic, in pastel colors, from a distance. ...Future Travel to Cuba Possibly Easier
Dec 5th, 2006 at 9:40AM: Ever since I saw the Buena Vista Social Club, I was sold on getting to Cuba. It wasn't just about wanting to watch tiny old woman roll fat cigars anymore or about chilling on some cool Cuban coastline with a cocktail anymore. That movie made me what to explore the bottomless depths of the music scene. Or should I say musicia? The songs, the dance, the history and the lives of the people swaying to ...
