To Mexico.....And back????

Hello all,

Yes, I came back to Cuba in the end!!!! I guess things do happen for a reason. In the end, it was a good thing that I´d had to buy a return ticket when I bought my ticket to Cancun!!! I´ve been back for about a week and a half now and it feels like I never left. Alex was quite surprised (and very pleased) to see me in his house when he came home from training. He knew I was back in Cuba because I had written to his brother but he thought I was in Havana still.

So, what about Cancun? Well, I didn´t do too much exploring because I was sick the whole time I was there. I never got to make it out to the hotel zone but I hear it´s out of this world, a lot like Vegas in that it´s over the top. I stayed downtown and even that was pretty bad (I thought). It looked like an American tourist town and if not for the Mexicans walking around, you would have thought that you were in the US with all the big chain stores. Quite a change from Cuba!!! <When I arrived and we were driving from the airport, the first thing that struck me was all the advertising and mechandising. I´d forgotten what the rest of the world was like! Since being in Cuba, I´ve started to take better care of my stuff. I actually wash my shoesnow so that they look new! And my sneakers that I´d thought of getting rid of before coming here because they were dirty and a little broken? Well, after a good clean and a stop at a shoe repair place they look brand new. I can´t believe I had thought of throwing them out. I also mend my clothing!!! Wow. Living here has once more made me think about the over-consumption that goes on in the rest of the world. This is the other extreme.

So I´ll be staying in Cuba a little while longer. I´ve rented a casa particular in Holguin, in the city (needed to get out of the country a little) until May 13th. Then I might hang around for a few days then back to Montreal, penniless but very eager to see everybody back home. Speaking of which, I´ll be needing a job when I get back so could you all keep your eyes and ears open? Thanks. And I´ll be needing a place to stay until I get that job...