The Real Cuba - Photographs of areas where tourists aren't allowed to go.

http://www.therealcuba.com/index.htm ^

[grundle]

http://www.therealcuba.com/index.htm

[grundle]

Be sure to see the links at the bottom of the page with more pictures:

http://www.therealcuba.com/index.htm

[cyborg]

BUT BUT BUT... I thought it was paradise. Chicken in every pot! Everyone can read...etc.etc.etc.

[David1]

yup, looks like a communist paradise alright.

[postaldave]

what a waste, that place would be a paradise with a little capitalist money.

[Army Air Corps]

Don't forget, Rather said that Castro is a swell guy; we know what a great judge of character ol' Danny is.

[Mike Darancette]

Cubans must be rich -- all those classic cars.

[Hatteras]

Okay, so there are a few fixer-uppers, but they're close to good schools and shopping!

[longtermmemmory]

I had a law professor who went on one of those state sponsored junkets.

He said Cuba only needed a coat of paint and it would be paradies.

[sierrahome]

Looks like Jimmy Carter was in charge for a while

[Army Air Corps]

Yes, the rusted-bits-of-tin shop is having a sale! Also, the local school now has one copy of Che's biography for every ten students.

[John Lenin]

[The Bronze Titan]

"Mi amigo, Fidel!"

[Dashing Dasher]

Yep, that's what I saw...

When I was there, we were in small towns and were told (by the state provided guide) that all of the $$ was being spent in Havana to revitalize the city.

When we were in Havana and seeing the same destruction, we were told (by the SAME state provided guide) that all of the money was being spent in the small towns so that everyone wouldn't move to Havana in droves.

Hello?

[Texas_Dawg]

"The future belongs entirely to Socialism"

[cyborg]

Dan who? ;-)

[Texas_Dawg]

Cubans aren't allowed to move from their districts without government permission (often nearly impossible to obtain... if they have a house to move to in the first place) anyway.

[Dashing Dasher]

This is what the tourists see...

This is Varadero!

[cripplecreek]

Them Cubans shore do like classic cars.

[Syntyr]

bump for later reference

[Dashing Dasher]

They don't mention that on the State Run Tour.

We hired a private tour guide. He is the one that took us to the places we wanted to go. He was also killed about four months after we left. Cause of death was accidental drowning.

.....curious....