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But outside the capital, most of the population appeared to still be without electricity Friday afternoon, after the grid initially collapsed around p. It takes 3, megawatts to power the entire country. There are few images of the wreckage left by the storm. Photos and videos shared by the local radio station Radio Baracoa of El Jamal, a town nearby, show fallen trees, homes that lost roofs and some flooding. On Friday, the failure of the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, a province in western Cuba, triggered the island-wide blackout. The company was finally able to restart one unit in the power plant in Mariel, west of Havana, and tie it into another plant using natural gas, a shipboard power plant and generators in Mariel, said Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy. Cuban news outlet Cubadebate reported that a second unit in the Mariel power station was working in the afternoon. The news outlet also said the Antonio Guiteras power plan was back online but running at limited capacity. The electric service remained unstable even for those getting power back. The food was spoiled. There is no liquefied gas, cooking with charcoal. Saving water from the cistern. In Lawton, a Havana neighborhood, Berta Soler, the leader of the dissident group Ladies in White, said she still had no power and cannot leave the house because a police patrol had been stationed outside. Another prominent dissident, Martha Beatriz Roque, said electricity returned to her Havana neighborhood of Diez de Octubre on Monday morning, but the problems did not stop there. After the second and third nights without electricity, some Cubans around the island came out to the streets to bang pots and pans in protest. In Manicaragua, a town in the province of Villa Clara, a group gathered in front of a government building, which led to a skirmish between police officers and some demonstrators that was caught in a video and shared on social media. Visit miamiherald. Edit Close. Site search Search. Featured Local Savings. Get the Newsletter The latest breaking news, delivered straight to your email! Get a Subscription Access all of our premium content, get unlimited digital access and more! Follow our Facebook Get real time news updates.

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The trip to Cuba was amazing on so many levels. I know many of you are very curious about our southern neighbor and I have a lot to tell you. The country has changed dramatically since I was there 20 years ago. I hardly recognized it. That is all good. The people are wonderful and are happy to see Americans. Cubans are still very well educated University is free , artistically talented, kind and gracious. Now a day, more people can have a limited amount of small businesses. Because of that, they look happier and healthier. Things are getting restored, very slowly, but at least it is going in the opposite direction. Food rationing still exists. Rice and beans are also rationed. Do the math. People live multi-generationally to survive or they try to have a small business on the side. Doctors often drive taxis at night. This sounds bad but it is so much better than 20 years ago. Now there are opportunities and the future is brighter especially when the US will lift the embargo. It feels very much like China in the 's and early 's. The government is easing up and allowing some small independent businesses. Restaurants were fabulous. The food was great, fresh, sometimes organic and huge portions. You got chicken and beans and rice. Now the menus are international, cooked by chefs with awards and in beautifully designed settings. We had everything from fresh lobster to steak. My favorite was always the Cuban food, which reminded me very much of my time in Puerto Rico. There is a lot of similarities between Puerto Rican and Cuban cuisine. Hotels are still a problem. There are some small boutique properties that looked lovely. I didn't see rooms. Our hotel had many plumbing and electrical problems. Some were fixed and some were not for the week that we were there. One has to anticipate and adjust to things like that. Many public restrooms do not have toilet seats. People are now allowed to rent rooms in their homes. That is another new business that the government has permitted. In the country-side you do see newly painted homes with signs saying room for rent. I would caution you about renting such an accommodation. I did hear of a couple who went to Cuba and rented rooms. When one of them got sick, the place they rented had no water. Everything can look pretty on a website. The problem is, how do you vet that before you go? There are stores. Mostly with tourist items and for tourists. That said, we had to go to 2 stores to buy enough water for the bus one day. Changing dollars is easy but expensive. If Cubans have money, they can buy some things. I did see the Fathom sail into Havana. As I told our tour guide, that's the good and bad news. With just one ship in you could feel the crowding in Havana. I'm not sure they are ready to handle that much influx of tourists at one time. I hope the cruise industry will be kind and give the Cubans a chance to catch up. BTW, tour guides and tour buses are new. All are government owned. Brand new tour buses from China; Yutong I had never heard of this company before. Our tour guide was fabulous. He spoke perfect English as well as French, Russian and some other languages. His degree was in linguistics. Many people speak English now, that wasn't the case before. The buildings are slowly being restored. In I saw the movie Strawberry and Chocolate. I love architecture and I saw the beautiful buildings in Havana crumbling in the movie. I wanted to see them before they were gone. When I had the opportunity to go in , I was there. It was heartbreaking to see the buildings crumbling. It was like smashing antiques; no supplies to maintain, repair or renovate. Now slowly these old buildings are beginning to be restored. There are still some that have become piles of rubble. Some have trees growing out of the roof. Many are now being lovingly restored. Cars and transportation have changed dramatically too in Havana. Today the old American cars are carefully restored. They are taxis and can be hired for a tour around Old Havana or along the Malecon sea wall. I think taxis are also one of the new private businesses allowed. My driver proudly told me his car was restored with all original parts perhaps not the air-conditioner or the memory stick in the radio. Only a few were restored and displayed lined up in front of the Capital building. I hardly saw anyone riding a bike this time. No bicycle repair shops. Before there was one on every corner. Public transportation in Havana has improved greatly. Previously dump trucks were used as buses. The truck would stop, the back would go down, a ladder was placed against the truck and people would climb up. They stood around in the back of the truck till it was their stop. There were some newer type buses. However, they had no engine, they were pulled by the cab of a tractor trailer. You did see horse and carts. For local's you see multi-share rides. Think how many college kids can you fit in a VW bug. Cigars and Rum are still the pride of Cuba. You can see a master cigar roller demonstration in Havana. Cigars are easily purchased. If you buy cigars, buy them in an authorized store. Otherwise you will be buying the inferior quality which may not draw or taste as a Cuban should. Only a small amount of the production gets the top quality rating. All the brands are still hand rolled except for a brand that sounds like Guantanomo sorry I forgot the exact name. This brand is machine rolled and not valued by the Cubans. We visited a tobacco farmer in the countryside. He rolled cigars for us. Havana Club , the famous rum. Now there is a museum, store and bar in Old Havana. Now you go through a very lovely exhibition, starting with a movie, then a set-up of the old days of making rum. You exit into the store to buy rum and accessories. I came home with 4 glasses for Mojitos. From there you can go to the bar, listen to a great band playing music, watch a Mojito making demonstration and have yet, another Mojito. Tip from our tour guide - Even though Havana Club is the most widely known Cuban rum. He prefers Santiago de Cuba rum. I bought both kinds and I have to agree. I would also recommend buying the older aged rum. But if you just want it for Mojitos or Cuba Libres rum and coke buy the lesser ages. White rum is used for Mojitos. That said, we did have Mojitos in a restaurant that used dark rum and honey instead of sugar. I liked that better as did most of the people on this trip. I brought back an assortment of different cigars and 4 bottles of rum many were gifts and are gone, sorry if you thought you were coming over for Mojitos. Music and Dance - Cubans are very talented musicians and dancers. There were more clubs and opportunities then we had time for. The Tropicana, a tourist must, was so much more beautiful that before. Amazing what some money can do for costumes, lighting and choreography. Buena Vista Social Club has moved to a new location. Not the original guys, many have passed away. Just another reason to go back. We did see 2 very talented dance companies perform. One was a modern interpretive dance company that I think travels internationally, so professional. The other was traditional Afro Cuban style. The ballet was not performing. I missed that since the theater has been renovated and I would have like to have seen the remodel. The countryside is not as advanced as Havana; it is less changed. It looks more like the Cuba I saw in Havana previously. The old cars are not as spiffed up. You still see the dump trucks being used as public transportation. Lots of carts being pulled by horses and oxen. Some homes in larger cities are being painted and fixed up. Those are the ones renting rooms. We saw an incredible pharmacy museum in Matanzas. The restoration of the old pharmacy, establish in , was beautifully done. Matanzas is a busy industrial city with over 7 bridges. It is close to the Bay of Pigs and you still see propaganda billboards. Cuba is not a beach only destination. There are many more interesting reasons to visit this island. Organic farming is alive and well in Cuba. We visited a farm in Pinar del Rio. Remember food was very scarce then. He met an old farmer who taught him organic farming. Little by little his vegetable garden grew and now they have a beautiful farm with livestock. They have a restaurant on the farm and serve farm to table, the best meal I had on the trip. More food and things to try than anyone could eat. To see more of the island, you need more than 1 week. My last trip was 2 weeks, I flew to Santiago and then traveled down to Baracoa, the tip of the island. The future is bright for Cubans. The younger generation is more outspoken. Even though Wi-Fi is basically dial up and not readily available, they have a work around. They buy a terabit of data that is maybe a week old and download it. We did see a bunch of people gathered in the street one night. Our tour guide was showing me things on his phone from You Tube. Young people want to travel, but that is difficult for them, especially to the US. Governments fear they will ask for asylum and not return. The flow of Americans, in addition to the Europeans, South Americans, Canadians, Asians and Australians, is straining the infrastructure and capabilities of the Cubans. The Cubans are learning and doing a fantastic job, but one must crawl before one walks. Enjoy the adventure, you can stay in a 5-star property other places in the world. An interesting fear for the future, that our tour guide shared with me, is about drugs in Cuba. Right now there is not a drug problem. The government is very strict about that. If a cartel drops a load of drugs off shore, a speed boat misses it, it floats to the shore, it will not be picked up. In Havana only tourists may be approached to buy a marijuana joint. No Cuban would sell to another Cuban for fear of being identified. Cuba is strategically located between Mexico, Columbia and the US. Drug cartels could see this as an opportunity. He is afraid that gangs could arrive and Cuba could become a part of drug trafficking operations. Below are a few photos. I have over pictures. I will start posting this week. I have to go through and pare things down. You can go there to see the photos much less than , I promise. The US government has requirements for you to travel to Cuba. This was a People to People trip. The regulations state what you must do and see to qualify. That makes it a very full and busy itinerary for 1 week. However, I have learned that if you are a group of under 10 the regulations are much relaxed. I can arrange for private guides and you can have a very customized trip. If that is of interest, let me know. Call me , let's talk! Prefer to email? Enjoy reading my blog? Sign up for my newsletter to be a We Make Travel Easy travel insider. View fullsize. If you are a diver, Cuba has some amazing and unspoiled dive sites. Best diving months are December to April. If you are interested in traveling to Cuba, I can plan that for you.

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