GREAT CONVERSATION

I just had a great conversation with a friend of my financial adviser who had been in Cuba around '01 or '02. He confirmed several facts I had picked up off the net such as the crime rate is one of the lowest in the world, AIDS has been under control since '85, music is everywhere, rum is everywhere, people are friendly. He gave me some places not to miss on free time from the tour group such as the cigar factory, Bicardi rum factory, the state museum and maybe the Hemmingway house which is outside Havana but maybe a taxi ride in one of the old cars. The old Spanish colonial structures are crumbling but maybe still some good photo opportunities before they all give way to the salt air and lack of upkeep.