Habana dreams

by Juan Gerardo Saint Martin (Mexico)

A leap into the unknown Cuba

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The wonderful island of Cuba where the arrival is like going back to the past in the 50s where men were gentlemen and women were ladies, people stood out for their cordiality and breathed a romantic atmosphere that encouraged men to wear vest tie and hat and women res dot dresses. Faces with Italian, Russian, Spanish and African American descent have the same look of nostalgia for returning to the good times as if only hours had passed. The constructions, the cars, the rustic simplicity in the way of living and at the same time the living passion and the innate glamour inherited for generations by love for music, dance parties and a good life. If you want to live it culturally you will enrich your eyes and palate. If you want to live it touristic style,you will live the nightlife and beach that does not stop 24 hours a day. If what you want is to relate, you will expand your horizons in terms of way of life and way of thinking and dreaming of citizens of a country that is very different from the rest of the world. Do you want to travel to the past? Imagine living in a place where you don't have access to communication as you have it in your home. You only have the street and the party, the national product and the day to day. A life besides difficult monotonous, because you do not have many possibilities to go up from your situation. Everything is the same for everyone and leaving is not easy. From the truck driver on arrival, the cleaning girl, the taxi driver, the housekeeper, the man waiting for the bus, the waitress, the bartender, everything is a bittersweet taste experience, do not expect the spirit of a free country in civilians. However it is like going to a museum, a movie full of fantasies that your past lived lives and you in the present time makes you jump on a deja vi that will change your destiny. Havana is nostalgia, hope, passion, inspiration, laughter, glammour and sadness to remember. You can leave your best or take it with you, or you can have a better apretiattion for your free will and the possibility of realizing your dreams. By the way the food is not bad. The beach and old cars either. Neither are the women. The party is interesting, but it will cost you ... The end. Fin