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JeÃŸus wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:57:29 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
> >On 2016-07-17 3:29 PM, Je?us wrote:
> >> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:57:15 -0400, Brooklyn1
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:52:14 -0300, wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 09:08:14 -0400, Brooklyn1
> >>>> > wrote:
> >>>>> For the best Cuban cusine and a lot easier visit Miami, FL.
> >>>>> There are some excellent Cuban restaurants on Lung Guyland too.
> >>>>> Much Cuban cooking is the same as Puerto Rican.
> >>>>
> >>>> No point in that, Cuba is a great place for a vacation. Lovely
> >>>> people, great food, unspoiled beaches and nice warm water.
> >>>
> >>> Um, how is Florida different from what you describe? I've been to
> >>> Cuba, before Castro and after... much of Cuba is impoverished filthy
> >>> slums.
> >>
> >> I haven't been to either Cuba or Florida, but even I know that is a
> >> ridiculous statement. I'm pretty freakin' sure Florida doesn't have
> >> their architecture, old American cars etc... You're just a bitter,
> >> drunken old man.
> >
> >
> >You have to excuse Sheldon. There is some irony to people who think they
> >are the only country in the world with freedom of the press having been
> >subjected to so much propaganda. It is an impoverished nation, yet a lot
> >of the people are highly educated. Thanks to the US embargo, it remains
> >impoverished. Many of the buildings look nice on the outside but are
> >desperately in need of repair. My son told me about being an a market in
> >a 4 or 5 story building when part of the building collapsed. It startled
> >him, but the people in the stalls were used to stuff like that.
>
> All I know is Cuba sounds good to me. Pretty much everywhere I'm
> interested in going are poor countries. I was all set on Nepal, but
> later realised I could take in Tibet at the same time, so that would
> be better left for another year when I can take more time off.
> Other options so far are Peru, the Trans Siberian Railway &
> Trans-Mongolian Railways and Vietnam/Cambodia. The last one is the
> path of least resistance in many ways and might well be my choice for
> this year.

You should try the DPRK, they're fairly unsullied by Western civilisation....and there are plenty - MILLIONS, in fact! - of starving natives that you can goggle at so as to be amused.

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Greg