11 hours flight to Bogotoa + 5 hours stop in Bogota airport + 3 hours flight to Havana Update: As of January 2021 Cuba adopted one currency instead of two. Havana: Día 1, 27 Augosto 2015, arrived after 3pm. It took about half an hour to get the luggage at the airport. One dog sniffs some people's stuff for drugs. Some Cubans returning with big boxes. Apparently, they bring with them goods to sell. Day 1: Very hot, shops around where I stayed and close to Cemeterio Colon are very small. One is half empty, one doesn't sell big bottles of water. Took photos around the Cemeterio untill Platza la Revolucion. Lacked sleep and very tired. Went to bed early. Havana, Cuba. A photo by Nèdeem M. Havana: Día 2, 28 agosto Nice breakfast in la casa particular. The land lady apparently likes the Pope and finds him radical and better than the previous one. Has the Cuban regime radicalised the Pope during the latter's visit to the country? The lady told me if I brought any visitor i
“The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” —Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilisation and the Remaking of the World Order, 1996, p. 51