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How NOT to Visit a Cacao Plantation

Max — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:07:26 +0000

This memory makes me cringe more than most "promposals" do. It's one of my biggest regrets, actually, which I suppose is an accomplishment of its own. Setting The Scene Ocassionally, I think of the past, and the embarrassing or thoughtful things I've done in it. I try to live a life without regrets, but have learned that all...

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11 Unique Things to do in Baracoa, Cuba (2023)

Max — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 03:00:39 +0000

You sometimes get frustrated in Cuba— that's fine and expected. I spent nearly 6 weeks on the island, and sometimes it hit me right in the gut. Backpacker Haven Outside Havana? It's impossible to deny that Baracoa is a different side of Cuba. Only the most curious of travelers seemed to be willing to trek...

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Havana to Matanzas: How to Ride the Hershey Train (Pictures)

Max — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:52:03 +0000

My Cuban Mother "Vas a estar así." She makes a tick-tick-ticking noise, imitating a train chugging along as she shakes her shoulders and chest forward and then to either side; she's not a train, but she's still a force to be reckoned with. My Cuban surrogate mother, Rosa, is skeptical of my desire to ride...

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21 Things to Know Before Visiting Cuba (Travel Tips)

Max — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:16:12 +0000

In honor of the 6 weeks I just spent in Cuba, here are 21 travel tips for Cuba. These Cuba travel tips are truly things I don't want you to have to struggle with during your trip to Cuba. There's a mixture of positive and negative aspects there, some things more relevant than others, like the constant...

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Cuban Chocolate & Cacao Culture in Baracoa

Max — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 18:27:53 +0000

For years people have been telling me that I need to move to Baracoa, Cuba, or at least visit and get a taste of real Cuban chocolate. So after graduating from university, I did just that, spending several days of my 6 weeks in Cuba in sleepy coastal Baracoa. The city is known as the...

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