My OperaTen or Eleven Things I Learned While(st) on Vacation in Cuba
Sunday, May 3, 2009 6:24:44 PM
In no particular order
1) Free drinks (or at least those included in an all inclusive package) are not as good as the ones you pay for, but price is not necessarily a reflection of quality. The best Pina Coladas in the world are served at this shack on the side of the road, halfway between La Habana and Varadero and they only cost 2.50 CUC.
Fresh pinapple juice, from the pineapple, with slices of pineapple in the blender, along with coconut milk and chunks of coconut, free pour your own Rum and cinnamon sprinkled on top.
2) Kim says if you find Toilet Paper in a public toilet in Cuba, stock up for the next one
3) You cannot bring Porn or Satelite phones into Cuba. I was guilty of the second one.
4)Souvenirs in the artisan flea markets are the same everywhere you go in Cuba. I suspect the artisans live in China.
5)Thong bathing suits should never be worn by men. Pictures are not necessary to make my point.
6)Baseball can be played anywhere, including the grounds of the Capitolio building (at least until the police come by).
7) You will invariably encounter an old friend while drunk in a strange city, and end up having to get much worse, purely out of your sense of social responsibility.
8) Ted's mantra of "I can get much drunker than this, should be applied in moderation at 10:00 am
9) Lazy tourist will leave their garbage and empty drink cups all over the beach, even if you put a garbage can every 10 feet. And unfortunately most of these lazy ignorant tourists were Canadian.
10) What is spoken and what is written may be very different. Translations are not always accurate. There was a drink at the resort called a Miami Vice by every bartender. Here it is on the menu....
11) Sunscreen only works on the parts of the body you actually appply it to. It does not migrate all over your body by itself. Fat guys should rely on their girlfriend to apply it too.
Cheers
Blistering Bryan
1) Free drinks (or at least those included in an all inclusive package) are not as good as the ones you pay for, but price is not necessarily a reflection of quality. The best Pina Coladas in the world are served at this shack on the side of the road, halfway between La Habana and Varadero and they only cost 2.50 CUC.
Fresh pinapple juice, from the pineapple, with slices of pineapple in the blender, along with coconut milk and chunks of coconut, free pour your own Rum and cinnamon sprinkled on top.
2) Kim says if you find Toilet Paper in a public toilet in Cuba, stock up for the next one
3) You cannot bring Porn or Satelite phones into Cuba. I was guilty of the second one.
4)Souvenirs in the artisan flea markets are the same everywhere you go in Cuba. I suspect the artisans live in China.
5)Thong bathing suits should never be worn by men. Pictures are not necessary to make my point.
6)Baseball can be played anywhere, including the grounds of the Capitolio building (at least until the police come by).
7) You will invariably encounter an old friend while drunk in a strange city, and end up having to get much worse, purely out of your sense of social responsibility.
8) Ted's mantra of "I can get much drunker than this, should be applied in moderation at 10:00 am
9) Lazy tourist will leave their garbage and empty drink cups all over the beach, even if you put a garbage can every 10 feet. And unfortunately most of these lazy ignorant tourists were Canadian.
10) What is spoken and what is written may be very different. Translations are not always accurate. There was a drink at the resort called a Miami Vice by every bartender. Here it is on the menu....
11) Sunscreen only works on the parts of the body you actually appply it to. It does not migrate all over your body by itself. Fat guys should rely on their girlfriend to apply it too.
Cheers
Blistering Bryan
slackwrdave # Saturday, May 16, 2009 5:08:53 PM
Your pics are absolutely pristine quality.
Bryan CoxBryanCox # Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:49:28 PM