Blog Cuba II

Defiant in the face of the oncoming storms, one hardy soul remains steadfast to an ideal, a committment and a true work of love. Last December, Blog Cuba I hit the blogworld with hurricane force.

I suppose that it's only fitting that Blog Cuba II is today, launched into the eye of the storm.

Val Prieto gives us Cuba, through the words of some of the finest writers in blogdom. And a stray work of indeterminate quality, written by yours truly.

Which for me is an incredible honor. The mere fact that Val asked me to submit an entry....me; who knows naught of Cuba proper, save for a knowledge from a mere handful of Cubans I'm proud to call friends.

I am both proud and humbled to be a part of Blog Cuba II.

Thanks for giving me this opportunity, Val. And yes, one day we'll sail the waters of a Free Cuba.

Pray the hastening of that day.

Comments

[Rivrdog]

Cuba has the potential to take huge tourist market share from Mexico. It definitely would be Primo cruising grounds, and close enough so that you could go there for a shorter cruise of two weeks or so.

Castro has to know that he could have tapped into the big "turista" dollars by now, and I suspect that the only reason he hasn't is that he doesn't want to allow the exposure to freedom that the tourist contact would bring his people.

As a people, the Cubans have some remarkable traits of resilience and ingenuity, enough to keep going in the face of an economy that, by now, should have had them on a par with Haiti, but hasn't.

[Guy S.]

I agree with Riverdog. And if they were free once more.....I think you might see an island *paradise* with large vacation get-a-ways, cruise ship stops, and a tropical version of Vegas (or perhaps Atlantic City). And perhaps a large group of Americans retiring there as well...if the government proved to be stable over the long haul.

[Val Prieto]

The left keeps spewing the "Batista corruption/mafia/brothel" thing about pre-Castro Cuba. But for all the corruption and gansgters and what not there were, it was a much better place than what it is now. The old folks tell some beautiful stories about the island when they gety together. Its a shame what Castro and his thugs have done to what was once the pearl of the caribbean.

Jim, thanks so much for that excellent BlogCuba entry. Beers on me.

[Cracker]

Damn fine writing there Jim.I hope it is a free Cuba when Miss Rebel gets her first taste of salt water.

[Acidman]

Cuba has the potential to make Costa Rica seem mundane. But that will never happen as long as Castro holds the reins. That's a crying shame, too.

[hoteles Almuñecar]

Bueno yo diria que mejor en español, pero que con todo ¡viva Cuba libre!