A visit to rural Cuba

A visit to rural Cuba

Dayron is a friend of mine from the province of Matanzas, Cuba. He’s a musician and used to belong to Quinteto Cubanacan before joining a new band closer to home. In fact, in the first video at that link, Dayron’s the one playing guitar. Nice guy. (Scroll to the bottom for a video of him playing and singing.) Dayron invited me to visit, as he…

Matt August 1, 2015

A quest for Corvettes in Havana

So I just led a trip to Cuba for car freaks auto enthusiasts! We had a number of activities related to cars – like a meeting with the Nostalgicar auto club. This is a group of owner/drivers of meticulously maintained vintage cars from the U.S., imported before the Cuban Revolution. Nice bunch of people. As we rode back to our hotel in these crazy vintage…

Matt November 25, 2014

Now offering my own People-to-People trips to Cuba!

I’m thrilled to say I’ve just been licensed by the Department of the Treasury to lead People-to-People trips to Cuba! Officially the license was issued to my one-man tour company and not to me, but still. The license covers everyone in my groups – meaning that everyone traveling with me is visiting Cuba legally. “People-to-People” means you learn about Cuban culture/society through direct encounters with Cubans –…

Matt October 28, 2014

Cuba’s “second national pastime”

On my first trip to Cuba, I lasted about a day before someone told me about Cuba’s second national pastime. (The first being baseball, of course.) Little did I know, I’d hear about Cuba’s “second national pastime” again and again – and the pastime would change with each new telling! Cubans use this phrase to joke about any key aspect of Cuban life. So for example,…

Matt September 17, 2014

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