TweetYour sexual orientation can have a huge impact on where you decide to go on holiday. In many parts of the world including most of Africa, the Middle East and some of the Caribbean, homosexuality is illegal, and cultural perceptions …
What changing US-Cuba relations mean for tourists
TweetUS-Cuba relations have been mutually belligerent since Spain ceded Cuba to the US in 1898. Political shenanigans keep getting in the way of moves towards more equal relations and the political influence of first-generation Cuban-Americans has played its part. The …
Blaze a Trail to Cienfuegos
TweetJulia Pamilih tells Cuban Life about her trip to Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos (or literally ‘100 fires’) is a gem tucked away on the south coast of Cuba. Its waterfront setting and Neoclassical colonial buildings make it the perfect respite from the …
Winds of change blow towards Cuba
TweetIt is apt that Barack Obama should be the first American president for five decades to meaningfully address the Cuban embargo. After all when he became the first black president of the United States, voted into power on two occasions, …
The Blue Fragrant Smoke
Tweet“A smoke in times of rest is a great companion to the solitary soldier.” – Che Guevara. A history of the Cuban cigar Tobacco smoking in Cuba was first witnessed by Europeans when Christopher Columbus’s sailors saw the Tainos smoking …
Hemingway – From Key West to Cuba
TweetErnest Hemingway was a literary giant of the 20th century and one of its most recognizable characters. His talent with a typewriter was matched by a wanderlust which saw him involved in many of the defining epochs of his lifetime. …