Month: April 2007
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Viva la Cuba!
Arrived in Havana a couple of days ago. It’s a really nice city. I had expected to be hassled pretty much everywhere, but it’s not like that at all. The people are really friendly, the food is good and the mojitos are sensational. Off to Santa Clara tomorrow if I can manage to communicate 🙂 […]
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I feel an election coming on
Now they want to ban HIV positive migrants… http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551245.stm Truly this is a bumper news day!
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Further censorship in Australia
Every time Australia’s government is in the news these days I can’t help but to be astounded. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6551003.stm Once again, in an election year the “tough on <whatever>” line comes out, further eroding civic freedoms. This time they have started censoring books and films that “glorify terrorism”. The following line in the article below left […]
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Finally – I’m booked!
After weeks of procrastinating, I finally booked a casa particular in Havana. So that’s now my first bit of accomodation sorted. Flights, tourist visa, accomodation, vaccines, a couple of salsa lessons up my sleeve and language lessons on the iPod. I am officially ready for cohibas, mohitos and a really great holiday. I recommend casaparticular.org […]
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How much Spanish?
As my first step, I set a goal to learn enough Spanish by the 20th of April to get by on my solo trip to Cuba. Holiday grade language is pretty straight forward, right? “Una cerveza por favor!” I got a copy of Michel Thomas Spanish, and it’s going really well. The pace is pretty […]