Traditional lunch

Cultural Cuba - Viñales, 2020 Friday January 10

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January 10th 2020
We left fairly early to visit a factory for rolling hand-made cigars. On the bus Daniel explained the process thoroughly and showed a short video, which had been made by a marketing company from Kelowna, BC. The Francisco Donatien cigar factory was surprisingly small, especially compared to the very large place I had seen when I first visited Cuba in 1984. Fewer than thirty young women and men ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Oeste » Viñales

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more