more personal items for Cuba trip:
- toilet paper (9 of 10 bathrooms have none, except best hotels)
- all bathroom items you may need (like shampoo, shaving gear, makeup, condoms, sex toys, batteries for sex toys)
- magazines you like
- little paper pads for jotting notes, a few envelopes
- any electronic accessories (like batteries, wiring, film)
- any favorite gum, tictac, lifesaver
- gifts for leverage (like men to bring pantyhose, perfume, sexy Victoria Secret panties)
I wore three VS panties thru Cuban Customs
smartest thing I did
traded each VS panties for a rapturous evening with a softie
dont bother to bring any cellphones
bring a GlobalStar satellite phone if service is set up
generally assume nothing of small variety is available for purchase
they have some things, like postcards, cigars, ice cream sometimes, odd candy
prepare to step into the 1950's, into a place frozen in time
prepare to witness zero racial conflicts, or even racial recognition
prepare to benefit from extreme friendliness
prepare to see two fat people out of 1000
prepare to see hustlers hawking cigars, small electronic gear, fruit, flowers
prepare to see every single street corner occupied by at least half a dozen idle people standing
prepare to see rundown buildings scattered across the horizon
prepare to see horse-drawn carriages riding amidst cars, trucks, and bicycles
(the carriages have poop catchers, way clever)
make sure you are in good shape and can hold your breath for 30-60 seconds at a time... when Soviet trucks and ancient US cars whisk by, the billows of smoke will choke a horse... you will want to hold your breath for a long stretch... I found it no problem from all my extensive cardio-testicular work (run, swim, cycle)
Americans and Canadians and Europeans stand out like white on black... you will be regarded immediately as foreigners by your eyes, your clothes, your currency
one of the biggest treats is to see some of the most strkingly beautiful human eyes I have ever seen on earth... gorgeous light brown eyes abound, regardless of hair color... when they guide slender beautiful women, I melt
/ Jim Willie |
