The Cuban condition, and the cat with no nose

Sure, there are lots of good eating places within the metropolis, however you’ll have to pay for them they usually need US {dollars} — not just like the outdated pre-COVID-19 days, when you could possibly get a plate of spaghetti for CDN$2.50.

These days are gone.

My buddy and I had an excellent seafood dinner, a large plate that had octopus, lobster, shrimp, fish and mussels, all for US$30, at a spot known as Cafe Laurent.

Between the 2 of us, the ultimate invoice was CDN$130. And it included a hefty gratuity tacked on, for good measure, 2,300 pesos price.

I ended up giving my leftovers, about half of the dish, to a road particular person, who was over-joyed at such a eating bonanza.

The resorts, in fact, are nonetheless an excellent deal. These all-inclusives are nonetheless very enticing to Canadians on a good finances.

The one downside, is that these days, they’ve been taken over by Russian vacationers, who go away so much to be desired.

Let’s simply go away it at that.

And, nicely, Hemingway’s Floridita bar remains to be there, however packed to the rafters with vacationers — the Daiquiris are nonetheless improbable, although.

Be ready to face on the bar, getting a seat now’s unattainable.

However getting again to inflation, it was believed the pirates of the Caribbean died out within the early 1800s, after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America colonies within the area started combating them.

Properly, I can let you know, the pirates are again.

Havana cab drivers are ripping individuals off, left and proper and getting away with it.

And that fantastic Cuban authorities, as typical, is doing completely nothing to cease it.

To be frank, they by no means do something, least of all assist their very own individuals — the brand new authorities is a catastrophe, from finish to finish.

I’ve seen them present up at fancy accommodations, driving in huge Mercedes-Benz limousines and costly fits, parked subsequent to beggars asking for a number of pesos.