While in Cuba, we stayed with host families. We didn’t stay in hotels or anything of that sort, but we lived like the Cubans to get the full experience. Our host was an elderly lady who was a retired lawyer from the communications sector. She had a daughter that lives…
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Our whole life, Cuba is preached to us as some horrible place because of communism and how the government was ran for so many years. Personally, after my visit there, I think that is a load of crap. Cuba has a lot of history and if you’re interested in the…
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Although we spent most of our time in Havana, we did travel to a small agricultural community about 6 hours away. We stayed with our host Tete and his family on their farm. When you think of agritourism in the United States, this is exactly what this was like. Tete…
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On one of our many nights in Havana, we ventured to an art museum that also harbored different areas of nightlife and music. It was a facility I’d never experienced before and I fell in love with the people and culture. What once was a warehouse for light manufacturing, they…
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The Cubans do love their beans and rice, and I can’t blame them. At almost every meal a key component of the meal was congri, which is a delicious dish of rice and beans cooked together. The bean juice adds flavor to the rice and pairs perfectly. No matter where…
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Most of my time in Cuba was spent in Havana, the capital. But we spent a night in a region about three hours from the city called Viñales. It was absolutely beautiful! Before we got into the town area, we made a few stops. The first was at a tobacco…
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Most people know about all of the cars in Cuba. Driving down any street you can always spot old American cars made in the 50s and 60s- its quite a sight! In addition to all of the old American cars are a good number of old cars from the Soviet…
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During our time in Cuba we stayed in casas particulares with Cuban families. Two other girls from UGA and I stayed in Casa Carmen with Carmen, her son Angel and his wife, and their 10 year old son Angel and five year old daughter Sofia. It was cool to experience…
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