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I am finally seeing the urban side of Cuba and it
is not so bad.
By
North American standards, traffic is light. Lots of people on the roadside waiting for
buses. The Cubans have developed a bus, pulled by a truck cab that can hold 200 people.
Because it has two humps it is called a "camel bus." They also have a bus where
all of the seats have been remove for transporting bikes and riders through the tunnel
under the channel into Havana harbor. This is called the "ciclobus."On our way into town we visited the Velodrome and visited the shop of the national bike racing team. A lot of private individuals in the U.S. have more tools and spares in their home workshop than the national team's mechanics have. For the evening we were stay in private apartments again, which gave us the chance to talk with our hosts. As throughout the visits this discussions have provided some of the most interesting insights into the Cuban. It reinforced that Fidel still maintain tremendous support from the Cuban people. He is highly respected for what he has done for education, health care and changes in the society. People also feel free to discuss the pros and cons of Fidel’s economic and foreign policy – with the windows to the street wide open.
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