I went to Pinar del Río again. I know I know, it doesnt sound as interesting anymore, but I was forced. kinda. I had no more cash on me, so I had to go out to the city to sacar some dinero from the bank. Which eventually worked on sunday.
Moving on, this time I went with my gf's from the Bahamas, all the other kids had their own things to do, so I went and had my own fun. We took a cab straight from school, which is something their professors had arranged. Turns out as soon as we left sight of regular Cubans, the cabdrivers were already planning to con us. They charged us double the agreed price, so we protested, and got dropped in the backwater town of Sandino. Which is where we met 'the-pastor-with-the-toyota-hi-ace'
He took us all the way to Pinar del Río, and this is how he managed to hustle us, he managed to squeeze his way into making us agree to having to come pick us up again the following day. In total he made 60 CUC on us, which, first of all, is cheaper than we would have spent anyway, but
secondly, 60 CUC is more than 3 times his monthly wage. We can all imagine while mr pastor was all but sad.
Moving on, I took a lot of scenic pictures, I thought I'd introduce you people of the normal world to some of the things I see when I look out of the window. La belleza de mi provinicia de Pinar del Río.
Mostly scenic, it browses through the tobacco fields of vueltabajo (the best tobacco in the world) and the town of San Juan Y Martinez....
Hope you enjoy them, and dont hesitate to mail me back at
FARIDK@ELAM10.PRI.SLD.CU
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