Doctor Keith Hunter’s Trip to Cuba; December 2012;
My Brother-in-Law visited Cuba in December to attend the Havana Jazz Festival. Among those He heard play were; Chu Cho Valdez and Roy Hargrove; Doc Hunter said that there are now more modern cars in Cuba including the Chinese Geely; the German Mercedes Ben's and a Russian made car as well. Doctor Hunter found people to be Hospital, likable and friendly when he stayed in a bed-in-breakfast like place called a Hotel Pascelicula ?? Which allows for some small amount of Capitalism among the people. Doc Hunter said the people were ``not impressed’’ with tourists like one might find in other parts of the world such as Europe because people just aren’t like that in Cuba. I mentioned my own trip to Cuba back in 1991 with the Ventermious Brigade and how I found the people just delightful, wonderful and friendly. I mentioned how I had met a policeman who was talking with some young ladies and I found him ``friendly’’ as well, whereas police in the States sometimes can be hostile towards people f color, especially Black youth. I also remembered working in the Yuka fields and being diagnosed with High Blood Pressure {and getting my first medicine for that illness right there in CUBA}
Doc Hunter said he stayed in the Hotel Pascelocula for about $25 a day and that he paid for breakfast separately. He also got a chance to intermingle with the locals and walked around openly at night. Doc Hunter said that Havana is supposed to be ``the largest city in the Caribbean’’ with about 2.2 million people. While Doc Hunter was there he got a little Montezuma’s Revenge on the way back, but has fully recovered.
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