WowCuba

04/22/2025

On a mission to pick up some new fruit trees today near the national zoo, I was intrigued by a property I noticed enroute and twisted Abel's arm to take a sidetrip to explore. It had what looked like one of those military fences on the perimeter but it was no longer intact. I saw another car go in, so we followed. Just in case we got stopped by security somewhere, I suggested a backup story about getting mixed up with directions to the fruit tree guy's place. The extensive property was obviously a former hacienda, but in our Maps.me app it was simply tagged as "Instituto de Ecología y Sistemática". I would've stuck around to explore further, but Abel didn't want to miss the plant guy. As luck would have it, when we turned around to leave, I immediately noticed a biologist friend of ours walking towards us and lo and behold it's where she works! They're in the midst of moving their office from there to the Museum of Natural History. We learned that the location was the former recreational property of Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás. Our friend did her thesis on some of the property's natural features so had some great tidbits to share. And one of her coworkers gave us exact directions to the fruit tree guy's place. Serendipity.
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04/19/2025

Cuban cold remedy. Cocimiento coming up.
Fresh from our neighbor's herb garden to our kitchen window this morning.
Miguel says when he was a kid, medicine was scarce and his family and community relied heavily on green medicine. That knowledge is still very much alive in Cuba.
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04/11/2025

Taste is one thing AI can't replicate.

Cúrcuma, flor de jamaica, jengibre y otras plantas condimentosas van ganando aceptación en la cultura gastronómica de no solo por sus sabores peculiare...

03/23/2025

We celebrated the first day of spring this year treating ourselves to lunch at an urban restaurant in Nuevo Vedado with its own rooftop vegetable/herb garden and melipona hives.
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03/05/2025

What else needs to be done to recover tourism as a driving force of the economy?

The Prime Minister said that these are times to innovate, if we want to be competitive in the sector.

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03/02/2025

02/19/2025

We were having dinner at La Vaca Rosada in Varadero on the last night of the Harlistas Cubanos rally earlier this month while this song came on and took our entire table right back to 1996.

Enjoy!

Videoclip oficial de la canción de Jarabe De Palo "La flaca".Letra/Lyrics:En la vida conocí mujer igual a la flacaCoral negro de la Habana, tremendísima mula...

02/19/2025

I was informed the other day that pacemakers with useful shelf lives are being reused in human patients in Cuba. I'd seen another post like the one below about the developed world allowing them to be donated to dogs. But if science has delivered us organ transplants, then this makes alot of sense, especially for a country with fewer economic resources that operates under the world's longest economic blockade. A 2nd hand pacemaker is better than none at all.

✨Did you know that if you have a pacemaker, you can include it in your Will to be donated to a dog in need after you pass away?
Although pacemakers cannot be used for another human, they can help dogs with heart problems and potentially save their lives. You can arrange for the pacemaker to be sent to a vet of your choice.
Many pacemakers are simply thrown away, and dogs may die because people do not know about this option.
Donating the pacemaker can even save the dog's owner the cost of a new one, which can sometimes make a crucial difference in affording life-saving treatment.

02/18/2025

One of these things is not like the others 🍅.
I was thinking maybe it's the beefsteak tomato, but not really sure. I have one of my seed receipts, but may have to look back at the seed envelope pictures, unless we have any gardener followers out there who want to give us a clue. At any rate, Miguel's given me instructions to save the seeds once we open this baby up! It's a keeper for sure.
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02/18/2025

Transtur has relaxed their rental car driving experience requirement from 2 years to 1 for most categories. More details in comments.

Havana, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) A reduction in the length of time a driver's license is required for clients who rent cars for tourism in Cuba came into force today to expand access to that service, a source announced.

02/16/2025

We have the best community and neighbors! Just the other day someone brought us homemade arroz con leche. We reciprocated the kindness and returned the plate with fresh banana bread baked with organic bananas from our garden. I have hand picked wildflowers from our gardener's granddaughters in a vase on my table. Abel recently met another neighbor after delivering arugula from our garden to the next block. The neighbor stopped over later to thank us, and returned today with his wife to pick up some more arugula for their dinner. After we shared a coffee and chat, he slipped back with this special bottle of rum. He works at Havana Club and the company engages local artists the end of each year to design a special label for some of their products. He gifted Abel this one!

02/14/2025

Infinite thanks to the enthusiastic, dedicated multi-disciplinary team at .nativa, especially Juan Carlos & Mayte, for embracing us and our projects and installing a micro-nursery of coastal native & endemic plants at our house in Guanabo. We're super excited to be taking out first steps and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship.

We'll be urging others to support your biodiversity project by donating funds or useful supplies to help grow your meaningful work in the community. You rock!!!

02/11/2025

https://www.traveltradecaribbean.es/en/new-event-brings-together-antique-cars-and-the-tropicana-show/

New event brings together antique cars and the Tropicana show By Daily Pérez Guillén If you have ever heard the saying that “Havana is a museum on wheels,” now is your chance to see it, as the capital will host the first Festival de Maridaje de Clásicos Tropicana &

02/07/2025

U.S. policy around travel to Cuba may soon change. If the island has been on your list, this winter and spring is a smart time to go.

02/06/2025

Gastronomy tourism 😋

El turismo gastronómico sobre bases agroecológicas ofrece experiencias enriquecedoras, y a su vez juega un papel fundamental en la promoción de prácticas agrícolas sostenibles y el fortalecimiento del desarrollo local. 🌱🌽🫓👩🏽‍🍳

02/06/2025

If you'd have ever asked me if I thought I'd end up on national TV performing my imitation of a motorcycle siren, I'd have called you nuts. But for some reason it occurred to our good (and sometimes diabolical) friend Lyng Chang from to share my secret talent with Milton Díaz and I foolishly went along with it, never dreaming they'd actually broadcast that footage. But here we are. When Lyng shared the program that aired with us last night, I told him that at least it looked like the presentor got a kick out of it. 😂🤣😳

We're off to the annual Harlistas Cubanos rally in Varadero today, for the third time in its history as participants, not organizers. It's so much more fun this way!!!! Big thanks to Raul Brito and Odalys for taking over the reins for the past 2 events, and this year to Carlito Tatto and José Chopper for taking over.

Nos veremos en Varadero!!!

Este año la prueba reina del automovilismo tiene y tendrá cosas muy interesantes, primero en cuanto a la parrilla y luego con la viable competitividad entre pilotos y marcas, pero más aún, entre pilotos de la misma escudería, equipos que no tiene definido quien es piloto número 1. Pero para acercarnos a ambos temas lo más importante es analizar la parrilla 2025, la que tiene muchísima tela por donde cortar. De los 20 pilotos inscritos, seis de ellos se estrenan como pilotos oficiales. Según la edad de ambos pilotos, cuales son las escuderías más jóvenes, haremos un podio con tres. Hablaremos sobre las ordenes de equipo para lograr buenos resultados: http://atodomotorcuba.com/programatv/todo-motor-cuba-emision-600-f1-2025-parrilla-sus-pilotos-y-las-ordenes-de-equipoEdicion
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