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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:38 AM
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Just got back from Cuba. Interesting vacation!
What a country!
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:40 AM
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1. I have wanted to visit there for a long time
Is "interesting" a good thing or a bad thing?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:43 AM
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2. Both.
It wasn't an easy vacation. The people were wonderful. But it definitely is a third world country. Dirt poor. Castro turned a country with rich and poor people into a country of poor people.
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zanana1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:47 AM
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3. Details, please!
I'm very curious about Cuba, especially the Cuban people. Are they friendly? How high is the poverty rate? Do they like living there?, etc.. etc., etc.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 10:50 AM
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4. We went with a friend who's Cuban.
His family was great. The people are super friendly. I don't know if they like living there. They get paid just enough to live. Castro hasn't spent a dime to keep the place up, so buildings are crumbling. They're just starting to fix up Havana. The whole place is falling apart. it's pretty sad.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 03:07 PM
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6. yeah it's almost as if some bully made everybody boycott them!!!
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 04:06 PM
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8. You mean it's not a workers paradise?
Heh. A lot of DUers claim Cuba is heaven on earth.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 05:18 PM
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9. It's a dump.
I think they'd agree if they went there.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 01:46 PM
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5. Aren't you afraid of...
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 03:44 PM
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7. You attended that "business" meeting with Hyman Roth and Johnny Ola?
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