2018 CUBA and a roasting pig at 11PM:
The things we worry ourselves with are sometimes out of our control. All the other times, we can control little aspects of it, whatever “it” might be.
Take the roasting pig for example, we can control the taste with the spices we may choose, but we can’t control the size of the porker, unless we pick an entirely new pig.
We can’t always control our environment, but we can choose to leave it behind.
“We are our choices.”― Jean-Paul Sartre
He was confined to a wheelchair with only one leg while the other was swollen in the heat and humidity of Cuban air.
Read MoreIn Havana, you will find that a taxi driver lives in the same building as a doctor. Perhaps someone who works law enforcement lives next door to a grounds keeper? A scientist lives in the same building as a teacher – and so on.
Read MoreCubans are smart, very smart. According to "The Fact Life," Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world at 99.8%.
Read MoreThe sun falling on downtown Havana showed the true Cuban dream of success had washed away into the Caribbean years ago. An area that was alive with music, families and more in the 1940's and 50's is decaying as if it was struck by a curse in 2000's.
Read MoreTaxi drivers in Cuba are the most open when they talk about the dream of travel. Why? Because they meet travelers from around the world daily.
Read MoreEvery once in a while I came across that picture perfect setting that highlighted what Havana, Cuba once looked like in the 1940's.
Read MoreCuba at 9:30 PM Eastern Time: The capital of Havana is only a whisper outside on a Thursday night, other than a few passing cars. As you walk into one of the many apartment buildings you hear kids playing in one unit and as you continue down the florescent lit hallway, you hear the sound of a small yelping dog.
Read MoreHours passed as he sat on the curb of a Cuban hotel in downtown Havana strumming his ukulele. As the hours went by he would get up and pour some of his water bottle on the plants directly behind him, one by one.
Read MoreYou hear songs talking about Havana and you may watch old movies make mention of the romantic capital of Cuba - so you would think it is just that... beautiful.
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