Popular Post El Presidente Posted April 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great story The Day I picked up a Cuban Hitchhiker http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180329-the-day-i-picked-up-a-cuban-hitchhiker Something similar happened to us. I can't remember if ken or Macho was driving? On the way to Playa Giron (2 1/2 hours outside of Havana), we were pulled over by a policeman who promptly hopped in the back seat and said "drive". I am an excellent conversationalist and asked him about where he was heading (Mantanzas), did he have a family, how long he had been a copper etc. I wasn't getting too far with him. I knew I had asked one too many questions when he dug out a tape and leaned in from the back seat. He said to put the tape in the tape deck and shut the "***K" up. To be culturally correct he said it in Spanish. We complied. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedame007 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 That was a really enjoyable article, very well written! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Very nice read. And the message it holds, so true. Thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beparrish Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great article, but it also saddens me to think of folks like Tom and Ernesto who live under such suppression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Nice reading, except for some factual errors listed below about the Robaina farm. I always make a point of giving people a ride in Cuba, they sure need transportation - but have never taken a policeman, somehow I am allergic to them ... :-). At 26, Tom had a good job with Alejandro Robaina, Cuba’s last independent tobacco grower, looking after the export of his world-famous cigars. Rafael explained that the very existence of Señor Robaina’s plantation was an oddity in communist Cuba. Robaina was the last independent tobacco grower, As a result, Robaina cigars are among the best in the world, and the plantation is allowed to make Cohiba, the best-known Cuban cigars, which were once produced only for Fidel and his dignitaries. Finally came the rolling. Half a dozen women worked nonstop, filling, packing and wrapping, with movements so deft and calculated that I had no doubt they’d be able to do their job with their eyes closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alloy Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarehead Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I enjoyed reading it true or false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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