A Glimpse of Cuba

So you get two pictures of the beach because I can't figure out how to delete a picture once its uploaded to the post. Oh well. I have never seen so many old vehicles still running as we saw in Cuba. They really should have been in a graveyard years ago! The beach was beautiful - white sand and no rocks. Definitely one of the nicest beaches there is. The truck is full of people going...somewhere. I don't know where, but they all cram in and head out. They were the same in cars - 15 or so in a 5 seater vehicle. Crazy. Definitely don't have the same seatbelt laws we do! In Havana the tour guide was saying that the divorce rate there is 50%. He blamed in on your mother in law. Once you get married you have the right to your own house but you have to apply for it, and while you are waiting for it to become available, you have to live with your mother in law. Hence, they are responsible for the high divorce rate! When he was told that its the same in North America, he said, quite seriously, that that was because over here women have way to much freedom. I was speechless. I know , that doesn't happen very often, but it did this time! This trip was definitely an experience. Oh - you tipped with stuff, not money. Stuff like licroice and chocolate bars (they only have 2 kinds) and razors and baby clothes (yup - you can't get clothes that size very easily there). I think the single most thing that blew me away was that they don't manufactor or import feminine hygiene products. Girls still miss one week every month of school when they get their period. I know, there is more to by shocked by in a communist country than this, but that did it for me. Any hoo, all in all it was a great trip, the weather was fabulous and the company great!