by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
During the trip to the coast as Pablo drove and I tried not to think about the absence of seat belts, he seemed to want to get some things off his chest. He started talking about Che Guevara and said he had spoken with a Cuban academic and some contemporaries of the...
by JE | th Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
The next morning, Franky, the son of the owner of the Havana lodgings offered to take me in his taxi to the bus station. My departure was delayed some minutes when I looked at my left arm and saw a bloody gash from one of my backpack straps, but I applied antibiotic...
by JE | nd Dec | Cuba, December 2021: "The Road to San Lazaro"
A trip to Cuba today is no mean feat. I studied the Cuban Revolution in graduate courses at my alma mater, and, after many years of pondering, in early 2021, I began planning in earnest travel and exploration here. The trip would have to wait until I retired from...