The Times they are a changin’

Cubans Permitted to Buy Computers

What do we really know about Raul Castro and what is his agenda? Has he sat back all these years and bit his lip or does he see what China has done and decided that is the direction Cuba should go? As Fidel’s successor he seems to be the antithesis to his older brother. Is all this just a power play or is he really trying to bring Cuba into the present? Either way it sure is interesting…and will be so for a while at least. It has always seemed a shame that the pearl of the Caribbean has been kept in the dark for so many years. While in the Navy I spent a few weeks in Gitmo for training and even though the terrain is somewhat desert like…the atmosphere there is very casual. It would be something if some day we could put Cuba on our list of places to visit. To be able to enjoy their culture and hospitality as many people from around the world have been able to. I don’t, nor have I ever agreed with their politics but that should not preclude anyone from soaking up some Caribbean atmosphere Cuban style.

Anyway, I thought this article was interesting in that the times are changing, maybe for the better, in Cuba.

Until my tickets to Havana arrive…I must be off.