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Visiting Cuba: best hotels and sightseeing tips

Visiting Cuba: best hotels and sightseeing tips

3 years ago I visited Cuba for the second time after a hiatus of over 20 years. I fell in love with the place all over again, and longed to return well sooner than another two decades to see more of the beautiful island, its intriguing people and tortured history. So time had come to return and explore some more. Still only a week, still a very small amount of time, but we tried to do our best and decided…

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Cuba: a tale of struggle, love and deceipt

Cuba: a tale of struggle, love and deceipt

How are the people of Cuba surviving their struggles?    We met someone. We tried to help. Or did we?   It was our last day in Havana. We were walking on one of the streets of Habana Vieja, slightly off the so called beaten tracks but still only ten minutes away from our swanky 5* hotel in the gorgeous Plaza San Francisco de Asis.   It was sunny, it was nearly midday and the road was pretty empty, mainly…

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