Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Dec 20, 2014, at 10:44 AM, Kevin Argue <kargue at sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Jim and Ted, > My sister and her husband were at a resort in Cuba > in the last month. A guest slipped and was injured in the hotel. Cuban > doctors looked after the women and the hotel went out of their way to help > out. Cuba has a good medical system, just not up to date with new > technology due to the embargo. The resorts do not want bad publicity so > they will look after you. As for travel shots, Hep C would be a good idea. (hep A hep B vaccines maybe, per your doctor ?, is no hep C vaccine yet...) > Check with your travel company. Credit cards will work as long as they are > not American cards or a company owned by Americans such as the one so > called Canadian card we had. Cubans are on a learning curve for tourism. > Don't expect food, service and accommodations like america or Europe. > Resorts have stores where you can buy coca-cola and other american things > that com from Mexico. If you are in Havana and you are offered a deal on > cigars, be polite and pass. They are not real and in some cases whats > inside in terrible. American business is looking forward t > o opening up so Old Havana will see McDonalds, Pizza Hut and KFC. Heaven > forbid! There is a lot of great photo chances with old cars and old > buildings. In the squares Cubans debating baseball or playing dominoes. > There is history related to Hemingway such as the bar Floridita. f you are > in Havana, you may get the odd power failure. In the resorts, they have > tv's in the rooms. My sister is able to watch Canadian news. > > Kevin Argue > > > On Dec 20, 2014, at 11:57 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > >> Jim Laurel OFFERED: >> Subject: [Leica] Just back from Cuba >> >>>>>>>> I just flew in from Havana. Here's the scoop from the airport on the >> way home...<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> ================================================== >> >> Hi Jim, >> A most interesting de-brief for future CUBA travellers! Clean, simple and >> certainly encouraging! >> >> CUBA has been a holiday haven for a great number of Canadians for years >> without restriction as I understand. My oldest daughter after a visit a >> couple of years ago was so enthusiastic, she would return in the blink of >> an >> eye because of her contact with the local folks and the overall beauty of >> locations across the Island! >> >> Your descriptions about people and places will/could create a kind of >> annual >> LUG CREW gathering each year. Certainly for the Canadian == USA members >> I'm >> sure. By the same token it could become a major visitation location once a >> year for everyone on the LUG. >> >> An "International LUG Festival" where it would be "all fun folks learning >> from each other, shooting together and of course? "photos of each other as >> we've done in Barcelona" in the past.:-) >> >> Thanks for your most interesting out pouring! >> >> cheers, >> Dr. ted :-) >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information