COMMENT 175433
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2011-05-21 10:22 AM |
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Great pictures with wonderful personal and historical details
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COMMENT 175439
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2011-05-21 11:10 AM |
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Your stories and photos brought back memories of one of the most interesting and thought provoking trips of our lives. Thanks for sharing. We went almost ten years ago on the last of the cultural exchange trips sponsored by the SB Museum of Art, before the Bush admin decided visits ("trading with the enemy") should be stopped. Do you care to share some details? Did you fly through Mexico or Canada, have a travel agent or arrange car and hotels on your own?
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AQUAHOLIC
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2011-05-21 01:39 PM |
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Cuba is definitely on my 'bucket list'....I would love to hear how you planned your visit, and from what country you entered Cuba.
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COMMENT 175469P
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2011-05-21 01:46 PM |
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This is excellent! Thanks for the hobo story (s) Whether or not they are totally true, his statue placement at the church of St. Francis says something significant about the local culture. Thank for the Travelog.
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COMMENT 175499P
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2011-05-21 05:17 PM |
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I love that they aren't afraid of color on their buildings. Even in a state of disrepair, the bright colors bring such joy.
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COMMENT 175529
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2011-05-22 07:17 AM |
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Thanks very much for the great photos and stories! It is so idiotic that US citizens cannot visit Cuba! What's the point? If we want to visit Cuba in our lifetimes, I would suggest emailing our senators and representaives to ask their support for making Cuba accessable. Contact info can be found by Googling "california senators and representatives 2011"
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SBJULES
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2011-05-22 07:31 AM |
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What a great fascinating trip you had! Thanks so much for sharing it.
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BLT
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2011-05-22 07:52 AM |
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I read this with great interest. Thank you for sharing some of your adventure in Cuba with us.
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COMMENT 175551
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2011-05-22 08:34 AM |
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Please tell us what steps you took in order to take this trip. Did you get a license? Did you enter from another country? What currency did you bring with you? Please, give us the details...I would love to go go Cuba, but have always been under the impression it is technically illegal for US citizens to travel to Cuba for "tourism". Thanks SO very much for sharing!
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COMMENT 175586
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2011-05-22 01:22 PM |
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Lovely photos and story ...thanks! I spent a couple of months in Cuba back in 1971 as part of the Venceremos Brigade. We were Americans, Canadians and a few Europeans who supported the people and their revolution by coming to cut cane, live in rural camps and study the changes being made in the country. A remarkable time it was! The people were so friendly, the old buildings were still vibrant and the island had a feel of great promise. Sadly, 40 years and more of American belligerence and blockades have created great stress on the tiny country. Your posting gives me some hope that the Cuban people can somehow survive the hulking threat to their north.
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COMMENT 175551
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2011-05-22 02:41 PM |
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586;Are you actually placing blame or responsibility on the US for the way things turned out for the people of Cuba? Please tell me I have misunderstood your post.
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COMMENT 175586
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2011-05-22 07:05 PM |
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re: 610...I do indeed place responsibility for much of the economic and political aggravation experienced by Cubans in the years following imposition of an economic, cultural and social embargo by the U.S., beginning in 1960 and continuing even to this day under Obama's reaffirmation of the blockade, as being in the "interests of the United States." Our country, magnitudes larger and more powerful than little Cuba, and notoriously jealous of American hegemony and sense of entitlement throughout the world, has squeezed the island for all its life. Whether you think that is a good thing is your business. I, however, think it is raw imperialist fury against a group of people who had had enough of the neo-colonial control of their country by U.S. banking, corporate and political interests.
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