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ngant17 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-10-06 07:27 PM
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129. nice post, here's my old (2003) travel report
Enjoyed the read. For my report, try this link here, will update later, as I'm moving some other files here soon:

http://idahosmith.com/cuba_trip_2003.htm
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  -This is Havana (pictures and commentary from my recent trip) RagingInMiami  Jun-08-06 12:23 AM   #0 
  - great pictures! thanks n/t  RGBolen   Jun-08-06 12:32 AM   #1 
  - Just think what Cuba might be like were it not for the embargo. Thanks  cantstandbush   Jun-08-06 09:38 PM   #81 
     - What Embargo? The French, German, Russian, Chinese, Venezuelan, Canadian  ausus   Jun-14-06 12:49 PM   #150 
  - Great stuff, thanks for sharing!  SeveneightyWhoa   Jun-08-06 12:35 AM   #2 
  - Oh and..  SeveneightyWhoa   Jun-08-06 12:43 AM   #7 
  - .  Heidi   Jun-08-06 12:37 AM   #3 
  - Thanks for that.  Drum   Jun-08-06 12:39 AM   #4 
  - wow  knowbody0   Jun-08-06 12:41 AM   #5 
  - Yes, papas libres  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 12:46 AM   # 
  - You're very brave.  Toucano   Jun-08-06 12:42 AM   #6 
  - Love the colonial architecture, and those buses are strange looking!  Fridays Child   Jun-08-06 12:46 AM   #8 
  - They call them "camellos"  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 12:48 AM   #10 
     - What happened to the guaguas?  High Plains   Jun-08-06 02:39 PM   #51 
        - Yes, they're also called "guaguas"  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 08:52 PM   #75 
  - Magnificent. nt  Codeine   Jun-08-06 12:46 AM   #9 
  - Great pictures. We just picked up the CubaCuba cd  sfexpat2000   Jun-08-06 12:48 AM   #11 
  - I've been listening to nothing but Cuban music since my return  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 02:01 AM   #15 
  - This one is more or less the musicians from  sfexpat2000   Jun-08-06 02:17 AM   #16 
  - I love the Buena Vista Social Club  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 02:19 AM   #17 
  - GOD  ProudDad   Jun-09-06 02:41 PM   #109 
     - If you PM me your e-mail address  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 09:27 PM   #115 
     - Let's see if this works  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 10:59 PM   #117 
     - And if you like guajira style Cuban music; Cuban country music  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 02:29 PM   #137 
  - Here are three albums you can download if you want  RagingInMiami   Jun-10-06 02:37 AM   #123 
     - Thank you! I can't wait to hear them!  sfexpat2000   Jun-11-06 07:56 PM   #140 
        - Let me know if you're able to download them  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 11:20 PM   #141 
           - I did it! I had to download a prog to do it.  sfexpat2000   Jun-11-06 11:42 PM   #143 
              - How long did it take to download the album? Which one did you download?  RagingInMiami   Jun-12-06 12:08 PM   #146 
                 - It took seconds, not minutes and I downloaded Fernandez.  sfexpat2000   Jun-12-06 06:47 PM   #147 
                    - Then I'm sure you will like Polo Montanez, who sings guajira music  RagingInMiami   Jun-12-06 07:39 PM   #148 
                       - Cool! I'll check it out. Thank you.  sfexpat2000   Jun-12-06 07:57 PM   #149 
  - Thanks for bringing back some memories  Kutjara   Jun-08-06 12:49 AM   #12 
  - Thank you! Thank you so much...  TygrBright   Jun-08-06 12:59 AM   #13 
  - Great pictures!!  Viva_La_Revolution   Jun-08-06 01:25 AM   #14 
  - Thank you for your post,  ronnie624   Jun-08-06 02:25 AM   #18 
  - This is Why I Love DU  Dirty Hippie   Jun-08-06 02:27 AM   #19 
  - THANKS FOR THE SLIDE SHOW--AND COMMENTARY! IT WAS GREAT!  Peace Patriot   Jun-08-06 02:38 AM   #20 
  - The crime, prostitution and begging  ProudDad   Jun-09-06 02:44 PM   #110 
  - I uploaded Joseito Fernandez's Guantanamera album  RagingInMiami   Jun-10-06 01:05 AM   #118 
  - wow.  TexasLady   Jun-08-06 04:30 AM   #21 
  - Great pictures!!  Libby2   Jun-08-06 04:42 AM   #22 
  - Lovely pix  malaise   Jun-08-06 05:30 AM   #23 
  - Just wow  YankeyMCC   Jun-08-06 07:21 AM   #24 
  - Fantastic  GrapesOfWrath   Jun-08-06 07:51 AM   #25 
  - Good reporting & great pictures  Vidar   Jun-08-06 07:57 AM   #26 
  - Raging, that was definitely worth waiting for!  RadFemFL   Jun-08-06 08:29 AM   #27 
  - Thanks for the kind words  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 01:41 PM   #45 
  - this is a beautiful photo - lovely  ourbluenation   Jun-08-06 08:32 AM   #28 
  - Oh, there's a beautiful  zidzi   Jun-10-06 04:24 PM   #127 
  - I --------------- agree ------------- with you on many things n/t  UTUSN   Jun-08-06 08:47 AM   #29 
  - Your pictures are absolutely beautiful! Looking at them  in_cog_ni_to   Jun-08-06 08:48 AM   #30 
  - Very cool! I married in Cuba last month  Domitan   Jun-08-06 08:49 AM   #31 
  - Thanks for sharing this, now I want to go to Cuba  madokie   Jun-08-06 08:59 AM   #32 
  - If the US were in Cuba's place, a tiny island living next to a hostile  KCabotDullesMarxIII   Jun-08-06 09:04 AM   #33 
  - K&R  JeffR   Jun-08-06 09:13 AM   #34 
  - I just wiped a tear from my eye  qanda   Jun-08-06 09:21 AM   #35 
  - Thanks for posting this. Slide show was great  Jacobin   Jun-08-06 09:25 AM   #36 
  - Shades of William Burroughs in your story.  Harvey Korman   Jun-08-06 09:26 AM   #37 
  - Nice work, Raging  Synnical   Jun-08-06 09:33 AM   #38 
  - Oh, my  Rose Siding   Jun-08-06 09:42 AM   #39 
  - Went to Havana about ten months ago....  Sammy Pepys   Jun-08-06 09:47 AM   #40 
  - None of us had a license  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 12:22 PM   #42 
     - Oh, I gotcha.  Sammy Pepys   Jun-08-06 01:46 PM   #46 
        - That would much easier  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 01:47 PM   #47 
           - Private charter  Sammy Pepys   Jun-08-06 02:47 PM   #53 
              - living conditions simply wouldn't be tolerated here ... Except they are  downstairsparts   Jun-08-06 03:56 PM   #57 
                 - I've been there, thanks....  Sammy Pepys   Jun-08-06 04:34 PM   #60 
                 - and they can be found in CA.  kineneb   Jun-08-06 09:20 PM   #78 
                    - You must be joking  downstairsparts   Jun-09-06 01:47 AM   #100 
                       - You must be joking  killbotfactory   Jun-09-06 02:14 AM   #102 
                          - You need to read the previous posts up the thread  downstairsparts   Jun-09-06 02:55 AM   #104 
  - Thanks for sharing your pics RIM.  lpbk2713   Jun-08-06 10:08 AM   #41 
  - There were a few instances where the cops didn't like me taking photos  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 12:35 PM   #43 
     - What's the name of the place  ProudDad   Jun-09-06 02:51 PM   #111 
        - You would ask me the name  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 03:10 PM   #112 
  - Excellent!  ceile   Jun-08-06 01:01 PM   #44 
  - Loved the slideshow ...  PittLib   Jun-08-06 01:50 PM   #48 
  - I thought Chuck was very cool  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 11:11 PM   #88 
     - Sadly ...  PittLib   Jun-09-06 11:47 AM   #107 
  - Thank you...  lildreamer316   Jun-08-06 02:02 PM   #49 
  - Those were some great photos. Thanks for sharing. Looks like such a  Nickster   Jun-08-06 02:11 PM   #50 
  - Loved your story and your photos. K&R! BTW, did you see any  Seabiscuit   Jun-08-06 02:44 PM   #52 
  - Thatnk you for posting this.  ronnykmarshall   Jun-08-06 02:59 PM   #54 
  - My son was there  MuseRider   Jun-08-06 03:29 PM   #55 
  - I don't see why Ben wouldn't try to take some music stands to Cuba  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 05:19 PM   #61 
     - Cool!  MuseRider   Jun-08-06 06:34 PM   #66 
        - And the kids holding up the sheets look so bored  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 07:18 PM   #68 
           - Ha Ha  MuseRider   Jun-09-06 12:09 AM   #93 
  - Wonderful photos and story! I love listening to Radio Habana  Gloria   Jun-08-06 03:41 PM   #56 
  - Wonderful photos. Just wonderful. I have often wondered if that water  Judi Lynn   Jun-08-06 04:00 PM   #58 
  - Yes, the water was really strong one day that week  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 06:33 PM   #65 
  - Amazing pictures which tell a very interesting story. K&R! n/t  Poll_Blind   Jun-08-06 04:12 PM   #59 
  - Great Photos RagingInMiami!!!  ralps   Jun-08-06 05:25 PM   #62 
  - Thank you  Liberalboy   Jun-08-06 05:30 PM   #63 
  - There was a tremendous Canadian poster at D.U. who had been to Cuba  Judi Lynn   Jun-09-06 02:09 AM   #101 
  - Thanks Raging, great presentation!  IMModerate   Jun-08-06 06:09 PM   #64 
  - I've seen you dance  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 07:06 PM   #67 
     - The Embargo and travel restrictions are  Disturbed   Jun-08-06 07:35 PM   #69 
     - I wasn't drunk, that's my style.  IMModerate   Jun-08-06 07:57 PM   #73 
        - I was the one that was drunk  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 08:15 PM   #74 
           - Can I ask you what the approximate cost of the entire trip was?  trumad   Jun-08-06 09:43 PM   #82 
              - I paid $515 for the flight  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 10:10 PM   #86 
                 - I love Cuban cigars...I mean love them.  trumad   Jun-10-06 03:55 PM   #125 
                    - I'm not a cigar guy at all, so I did not smoke any  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 12:29 AM   #130 
  - Really great photos, Carlos  SharonRB   Jun-08-06 07:40 PM   #70 
  - Incredible Pictures  proud patriot   Jun-08-06 07:42 PM   #71 
  - thanks for sharing your experience and the pictures!  jonnyblitz   Jun-08-06 07:47 PM   #72 
  - Jessica Mitford lived quite a life  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 09:37 PM   #79 
  - Incredible post  Bemis   Jun-08-06 09:11 PM   #76 
  - That was a great piece of journalism  Adenoid_Hynkel   Jun-08-06 09:13 PM   #77 
  - What's the English fluency of the population like?  Adenoid_Hynkel   Jun-08-06 09:37 PM   #80 
  - Some Cubans speak perfect English  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 09:51 PM   #84 
  - Great pictures.  2bfree   Jun-08-06 09:50 PM   #83 
  - Thank you so much for sharing the photos and your account  spindrifter   Jun-08-06 09:57 PM   #85 
  - I live in Japan and am almost sure you saw Japanese there  psychopomp   Jun-08-06 10:59 PM   #87 
  - I saw a few Asians  RagingInMiami   Jun-08-06 11:19 PM   #89 
     - The only Cubans I have met have been over here  psychopomp   Jun-08-06 11:37 PM   #91 
  - Wonderful photographs  Generic Other   Jun-08-06 11:35 PM   #90 
  - What a great story!  file83   Jun-08-06 11:53 PM   #92 
  - WOW - that was awesome!  Avalon Sparks   Jun-09-06 12:22 AM   #94 
  - Thank you the extremely flattering comments  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 01:14 AM   #97 
  - Thank You for Taking the Time to Write About Your Experiences  ribofunk   Jun-09-06 12:43 AM   #95 
  - ¡Bravo amigo mio!  Swamp Rat   Jun-09-06 01:02 AM   #96 
  - Un dia vamos a tomar esa cerveza  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 01:15 AM   #98 
  - kick for later view  mdmc   Jun-09-06 01:17 AM   #99 
  - Nice photos, thanks for sharing  killbotfactory   Jun-09-06 02:35 AM   #103 
  - While there are hundreds who have risked shark-infested waters  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 09:31 AM   #106 
  - Outstanding!!  sandnsea   Jun-09-06 03:33 AM   #105 
  - There is a gold mine in Cuba for antiques  RagingInMiami   Jun-09-06 04:37 PM   #114 
  - Beautiful pictures  ProudDad   Jun-09-06 02:37 PM   #108 
  - Your photojournalism is top notch.  peacebuzzard   Jun-09-06 03:33 PM   #113 
  - wonderful pictures  Sydnie   Jun-09-06 10:05 PM   #116 
  - How did you arrive in Cuba???  U4ikLefty   Jun-10-06 01:12 AM   #119 
  - Flew from Miami to the Bahamas, then to Havana  RagingInMiami   Jun-10-06 01:39 AM   #120 
  - Figures I didn't hear back from you  RagingInMiami   Jun-12-06 01:15 AM   #144 
  - Do the Cuban police turn a blind eye to  Maddogkiller   Jun-10-06 01:55 AM   #121 
  - Prostitution was not as rampant as I had been lead to believe  RagingInMiami   Jun-10-06 02:05 AM   #122 
     - There are MANY things about Cuba that are not as bad as Americans think.  Mika   Jun-10-06 01:52 PM   #124 
  - Awesome Pics, Carlos!  zidzi   Jun-10-06 04:15 PM   #126 
  - Like you I grew up in Miami hearing Cubans talk about Cuba  catzies   Jun-10-06 05:29 PM   #128 
  - nice post, here's my old (2003) travel report  ngant17   Jun-10-06 07:27 PM   #129 
  - Very cool  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 01:17 AM   #132 
     - re: very cool  ngant17   Jun-11-06 02:16 AM   #134 
        - Another Miami native  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 11:41 AM   #136 
           - Carlos, did you know that Claude Pepper supported Ileana Ros' election?  Mika   Jun-11-06 03:56 PM   #138 
           - I had no idea  RagingInMiami   Jun-11-06 06:01 PM   #139 
           - didn't know that Claude Pepper allied himself with the "she-wolf".  ngant17   Jun-16-06 07:58 PM   #151 
           - excellent history of Miami  ngant17   Jun-16-06 08:11 PM   #152 
              - Thanks for the compliment  RagingInMiami   Jun-17-06 11:21 PM   #154 
  - Thanks for the photos  MikeNY   Jun-11-06 12:46 AM   #131 
  - Thanks for the trip to Cuba I really enjoyed it!  LibertyorDeath   Jun-11-06 01:38 AM   #133 
  - Cool  Raine   Jun-11-06 04:20 AM   #135 
  - good stuff, holmes...  bridgit   Jun-11-06 11:23 PM   #142 
  - Rage, thank you for taking us on that amazing Cuban adventure.  shance   Jun-12-06 01:44 AM   #145 
  - thank you for a great photo essay  redwitch   Jun-16-06 08:28 PM   #153 
 

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