Cuba’s Buenas Vistas

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Impactantes imágenes de La Habana después de Irma tomadas por un drone Según un listado oficial, siete de los fallecidos se registraron en la capital y fueron provocados, en su mayoría, por el derrumbe parcial o total de viviendas en mal estado.

Ni San Lázaro pudo con Irma Cerca del mediodía, nuestro equipo de Cubadebate llegó a San Lázaro, esa céntrica calle habanera cercana al malecón. Caminamos buscando entre las puertas abiertas y muros caídos las historias que Irma dejó tras su paso…

Cojímar tras Irma 🇨🇺️😥
Foto: Irene Pérez/ Cubadebate

Irma, el viejo y el mar Cojímar es conocido por sus historias de mar, inmortalizadas en uno de los mejores textos de Ernest Hemingway. Irma, con sus olas de huracán, añade otro cuento a la épica. Llevó el agua unos 400-500 metros hacia dentro. “Subió la loma, eso nunca se había visto… si quieres pregúntale a los cojimeros…

If you are an extreme sports enthusiast and want to do Kite surfing(the sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion) in Cuba here you will find the basic information that you need. Seasons and temperatures: - Winter-Spring:from December to April - Summer and Autumn : from May to November… [ 389 more words ]

http://cubasbuenasvistas.com/2017/08/14/basics-for-kite-surfing-in-cuba/

Basics for Kite surfing in Cuba If you are an extreme sports enthusiast and want to do Kite surfing(the sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsi…

The pioneering ecovillage of Las Terrazas dates back to a reforestation project in 1968. Today it’s a Unesco Biosphere Reserve, a burgeoning activity center (with a canopy tour) and the site of the earliest coffee plantations in Cuba. Not surprisingly, it attracts day-trippers from Havana by the busload. Over-nighters can stay in the community’s sole hotel, the mold-breaking Hotel Moka, an upmarket ecoresort built between 1992 and 1994 by workers drawn from Las Terrazas to attract foreign tourists. [ 47 more words ]

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Introducing Las terrazas The pioneering ecovillage of Las Terrazas dates back to a reforestation project in 1968. Today it’s a Unesco Biosphere Reserve, a burgeoning activity center (with a canopy tour) and the site of the…

The Parrandas de Remedios, in Camagüey, is one of the oldest festivals in Cuba, taking place every year in the week leading up to Christmas. Event highlights include street parades, music, a float display and a fireworks competition. In the Parrandas de Remedios the competition between El Salvador and El Carmen camps - between the hawk and the rooster -, is about all manifestations of art, theatre, music, secret preparation of lamps, flags and banners to be disclosed at the last moment for the best surprising effect; the best floats and art works like monuments of wood with exquisite decoration and endless mechanical and light changes are selected and the winner gets the honours but, in the end, the real winner is Remedios. These festival is a a secular and vivacious street carnival that provides a fascinating and rare glimpse into authentic Cuban culture.

http://cubasbuenasvistas.com/2017/07/09/parrandas-de-remedios-fascinating-lights/

Parrandas de Remedios: fascinating lights The Parrandas de Remedios, in Camagüey, is one of the oldest festivals in Cuba, taking place every year in the week leading up to Christmas. Event highlights include street parades, music, a float …

Boca de Canasí, is visited by excursioners all year long, no matter whether it is summer or winter because it is a beautiful and quiet place to be in contact with nature for real. Canasí is a small fisherman village in the north of Artemisa. The town is about a mile away from Vía Blanca, the highway that connects Havana city and Matanzas. [ 58 more words ]

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The unlikely quietness of Canasí Boca de Canasí, is visited by excursioners all year long, no matter whether it is summer or winter because it is a beautiful and quiet place to be in contact with nature for real. Canasí is a small…