Eftir mínum einmannalegt og skemmtilegu útiveru í Vinales ég gengið í hópinn í Havana. Hópurinn gerði hafa tilgang en meira um það síðar. Having í hópinn sem ég fann skylt að gera nokkra samfélagsleg hluti við fólk í henni og sumir þeirra, bæði fólk og það var mjög gott! Þó, vandamálið með að gera neitt við hópinn (minnsta kosti í upphafi áður en við hætt að gera hluti sem voru mælt á), var það óhjákvæmilega fólst troða inn og carted kring í versta tagi rickety charabanc hugsanlegur. Ofan á þetta við stóð alltaf fyrir aldri utan frábæru hóteli okkar að bíða eftir að jalopy að snúa upp.
Eitt sinn, þegar skráð sig til að fara í canon hleypa athöfn í Parque Historico Militar Morro-Cabana við ungfrú næstum Canon hleypa. Rita, sveitarfélaga leiðarvísir okkar, raðað í frí fyrirtæki Skyros, hafði verið fastur í umferð yfir bæinn og við biðum og biðum og þegar við komum þangað þá var bara kominn tími til að fá í staðinn fyrir sögulegu costumed eðlis hleypa eftir sem við vildum ekki fá að heimsækja safnið af því það er lokað strax, þeir greiða 25CUC (um £ 15 eða $25) fyrir debacle.
Mitt ráð myndi vera að taka fjórar pesi leigubíl frá Vedado eða Habana Vieja eða gera síðdegis á henni og taka langan göngutúr meðfram fræga Malecon. Þú gætir þurft að fara yfir veginn stundum að forðast bylgjur sem hrun á gangstéttinni, en þú getur séð töfrandi en crumbling arkitektúr í þessu helgimynda sjó vegum og muna atriði úr myndinni Man okkar í Havana. Fidel gerði 1959 að vera teknar á Kúbu, en kvartaði undan því að miskunnarleysi stjórn Batista var ekki nákvæmlega lýst. Greene sagði "Æ, bókin gerði mér lítið gott með nýju valdhafa í Havana. Í poking gaman á breska Secret Service, Ég hafði lágmarka ógnir reglu Batista er. Ég hefði ekki viljað of svart bakgrunn fyrir ljós-hjarta gamanleikur, en þeir sem þjást á árunum einræði gat varla gert ráð fyrir að þakka að alvöru efni minn var fáránlegt breska umboðsmanni og ekki réttlæti byltingu. "
Fyndið bók hans er snerta á í hlutum á ofbeldi á stjórn Batista er meira að myndinni (sígarettu tilfelli úr húð manna, flokki greinarmunur á pyndingum :- "Það eru þeir sem búast við að toruted og þá sem ekki, einn kvelr aldrei án gagnkvæmu samkomulagi ". Fyrir brutatity á stjórn Castro lesa Reinaldo Arenas ''Áður Night Falls".
Við keyptum miða á ballett á Gran Teatro de la Habana, og hafa áhyggjur hvort forn van myndi fá okkur þarna á tíma var ekki aðeins slæm byrjun. Half of the people went in and to the other half of which I was one, Rita said ‘we have a problem’. The problem was that they didnt have our tickets at the desk, someone suggested we simply go the following night. This possible solution was not addressed. After we were lead into a rubbish strewn side street were we caught the attention of one of the (few) town crazies it became apparent that the plan was to have one of the make up artists meet us at the stage door and usher us through narrow corridors full of tutu and tight-clad performers while Rita hissed ‘quickly!, quickly!". I dont think it would be terribly cynical of me to assume that half of the (30 CUC or $30)tickets were not bought.
The ballet was exquisite and I recognised some of the elegant and beautiful dancers I had seen walking around the old town (and in the audience the girl I wrote about in ‘Treat Me Like a Princess).
Alicia Alonso Cuba’s Prima ballerina assoluta said “The Cuban style comes from deep within the Cuban spirit, from our joys and from our sadness,’‘ Alonso says. “Some people are turned inward. The Cubans are always out, sensual. The Cuban ballet style comes from me, from my way of projecting my whole being. ‘What looks natural on the Soviets,’ she says, ‘would have looked mimetic, like a mannerism on us. We had a hard time explaining that to our Soviet friends.’ Many Cuban danseurs and danseuses, just like their Russian counterparts have defected whilst on tour.
You caputre light, color and the feeling of the moment like no one else. Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos!
Do you think it would be wrong to bathe in asparagus? I lovooooe it.And, that pasta is GORGEOUS. The lighting on the second picture is to-die-for! I’m jealous over your camera. I can just tell it’s not a point-and-shoot like my junky little contraption. Oh, good camera’s, how I adore you!Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and leaving such a nice comment. I think we should most definitely be BFF (Blog Friends Forever).Hope your week is happy!
You expressed this so well. I reckon I can look at the other posts!
I like this site very much. Rita was a bit of a chancer. “Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.” Baltasar Gracian.
She was a grifter. Amongst other things she told people to give her all their ‘unused medicines’ at the end of their trips. She was a con man disguised as a philanthropist
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