La Habana
26 May 2006
Havana
Cuba
Yess! This is where I am right now. At a slow internet.
This place is quite something. Right now I have mixed thoughts as to whether or not to rave about it or not.
Bad Picture first: The whole place is run down and poor. When I say poor I mean people live in desperate conditions. The most amazingly beautiful old buildings but falling appart almost beyond repair and people live in them. This Fidel boytjie makes Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe look like a saint.
Today I went on a tour of Havana which was very interesting especially chatting to the guide about deatils of living here. Can you believe officially cell phones and internet is illegal here. In this day and age. The hotels have internet at USD$2.00 per 15min.
An interesting dynamic is that education is free here and most people study to beyond school level. At one of the street market stalls there was a man selling books who spoke English very well. It was fascinating to hear him trying to sell books to the tourists. He is obviously very well read and had Tom Sawyer, Kipling etc books that he was punting. They were originals first printed in 19 voetsek.
How does a man of such high intelect land up on the side of a streets begging tourists to buy books. This is Cuba.
Good Picture: The old buildings and cars and motorbikes are absolutely amazingly beautiful. It is another one of those places that gives one the feeling of taking a side corridor in the passage of time.
It's like walking around on some movie set. Zoom ... past comes a 1950's car billowing smoke then and old motorbike with a side car.
There is an huge mixture of culture here. It's like being back in Cape Town. A lot of people speak English.
I have to run the internet is closing.
Adios
Ricky
PS I will smoke a cigar for you.
Money seperation anxiety attacks
Havana
Cuba
Yess! This is where I am right now. At a slow internet.
This place is quite something. Right now I have mixed thoughts as to whether or not to rave about it or not.
Bad Picture first: The whole place is run down and poor. When I say poor I mean people live in desperate conditions. The most amazingly beautiful old buildings but falling appart almost beyond repair and people live in them. This Fidel boytjie makes Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe look like a saint.
Today I went on a tour of Havana which was very interesting especially chatting to the guide about deatils of living here. Can you believe officially cell phones and internet is illegal here. In this day and age. The hotels have internet at USD$2.00 per 15min.
An interesting dynamic is that education is free here and most people study to beyond school level. At one of the street market stalls there was a man selling books who spoke English very well. It was fascinating to hear him trying to sell books to the tourists. He is obviously very well read and had Tom Sawyer, Kipling etc books that he was punting. They were originals first printed in 19 voetsek.
How does a man of such high intelect land up on the side of a streets begging tourists to buy books. This is Cuba.
Good Picture: The old buildings and cars and motorbikes are absolutely amazingly beautiful. It is another one of those places that gives one the feeling of taking a side corridor in the passage of time.
It's like walking around on some movie set. Zoom ... past comes a 1950's car billowing smoke then and old motorbike with a side car.
There is an huge mixture of culture here. It's like being back in Cape Town. A lot of people speak English.
I have to run the internet is closing.
Adios
Ricky
PS I will smoke a cigar for you.
Money seperation anxiety attacks
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