Pass The Cigars

Some great shots of this beautiful Country and wonderful (and not so wonderful) automobiles. You have to admire the Cuban's display of drive and ingenuity at keeping the vehicles running through all the years of blockades & sanctions (a
s long as you don't think too long & hard about the toxic emissions spewing into the streets from all of these old beaters of the pre-catalytic converter era.We'll be sending you an email re the June reunion in the sunny, relatively smog-free Okanagan, with brother Vaughan and ourselves.

Hey guys, wow is right, an adventure far too few Americans have experienced and one day I will one of the few, before the hordes actually descend upon the poor island and make it Disneyland Buono Mucho Gusto! Sounds like you have duly left
Costa Rica behind and will soon be embarking on the next leg of your journey. Enjoy every minute. I am envious, particularly in what looks like 50's and 60's Chevy Heaven. Keep in touch. My book is out sometime in March, putting last minute details together on my soon to be unveiled website, LanceSimmens.com. Of course it is up already but not nearly completed. About 70% but will be done in time for book release. Take care and hope to hear from you soon. Lance

Deb and Vic, always a treat to read about your exploits abroad. Yes, Habana, so unique in the tourist-manufactured Carribean. Love the pictures, though I'm not buying the 'smoking-cigars-thing'. They looked unlit to me. Good thing, they're
deadly -especially in terms of theromance department! I've done the stay-with-locals experience. Amazing. I found Cubans to be wonderful. Hope you get to a baseball game in old Havana. Baseball at it's purest. FYI Castro played baseball fir Havana University. A slow fastball relegated him to baseball obscurity. So why not take his career in a different direction? Like being El Commidant. Pitcher-Dictator?! Neither normally have much longevity. But 55 years and counting...no baseball player ever pitched that long.