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- From: poole@bnr.ca (Thomas Poole)
- Subject: Re: Cuba Report.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:19:40 GMT
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- Writing that report yesterday got me thinking more
- about Cuba and my upcoming return there. Just a few
- more notes that may be helpful.
-
- Tipping the people on the resort was not recommended
- since it is illegal for Cubans to have American dollars
- personally. Once they get enough US$ they can finally
- get out of the country. We tipped but very discretely.
- They like American or Canadian cigarettes, which we
- can buy there but they cannot, so you can also give
- them that. Soap is very scarce for the locals so
- this makes a nice gift. Ladies like lipstick and pantyhose.
- A few people we met said underwear was something they
- needed so when I go back I will bring some extra to
- leave behind.
-
- When travelling on our own we were without any restrictions.
- The only thing we were advised against was taking
- pictures of the military. For some reason this upset
- them. :-) Taking pictures of museums was also forbidden.
-
- They did have a museum near the resort. It was basically
- a shrine to the 600+ men that died when the Americans
- tried to land there and reclaim the island after having
- been thrown out. Everything was in Spanish so we didn't
- understand much except "CIA" and that they don't like
- the U.S. a lot. They are quite proud of the fact that
- a few hundred poorly armed men stopped and invasion
- of one of the most powerful military forces in the
- world. It's enough for a celebration every year on that
- day.
-
- As I think more about the trip I will probably add more
- to this thread. Stay tuned.
-
- Tom...
-
- P.S. It seems that all mail to me bounces so if you have
- anymore questions you will have to post to the newsgrou
-