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nueva vista · 3Y ago

el viaje continua!

For all readers of this blog: The fun continues on davesaway.blogspot.com, my world vision wonderblog. As soon as I get somewhere with a decent internet connection, there´ll be some videos as well.cheers,dave "thaelmann"
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Culture Shock, the lost chapters and Amsterdam antics.

Dearest readers, readerettes and readerinos,I deeply and humbly apologise for my absence these last few days. Too much to do in Cuba, Amsterdam and Austria alike. And too much informational overflow.Truly, Cuba is a paradise. After just a few hours in Amsterdam, this is quite obvious. Optical overch
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Dia 17, post 2: The team is back!

hi guys,we are back from the interior.dont travel alone, try to learn as much spanish as you can and dont wasteyour time looking for road signs. there are none. bicyles, horses, cows, sheep, goats, pedestrians, carriages, potholes and a lot of fidel propaganda. One revolutionary signpost for each v
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Dia 17: Call of the Leo, second sneaker and Cuban Cuisine

Ok, we had some misunderstandings, but Leo did respond to my messages.. (after I wrote to his wife in Austria) .. well, I hope things will work out fine..The nueva vista team is still happily on holidays, so I can´t write anything about them yet.. except that the Leo-story will be my task. No probl
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Dia 15. Connections that won´t connect

Yes, that means you, Leo. The good caribbean Samurai won´t answer my mensajitos, and that´s quite a show-stopper for lots of things.The reggaeton-street-rapper I wanted to meet yesterday didn´t show up either. The number we have from another rap guy doesn´t exist anymore, etc... It´s really hard not
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Dia 15: Malecón Madness, twisted end.

The Malecón on a saturday is just like a festival, but without the stands, outrageous prices and the high-tech stages. Just a whole lot of people, drinking, making out, singing, playing guitar. Statistical estimates are: about 25-35% are kissing pre-coitally, 60% chugging rum in raw quantities, and
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Reflexions of the comrade thaelmann. (post two, Dia de los enamorados)

There´s one thing one must do before considering onseself to be a certain connoiseur of all things cuban:And it´s not hiring a jinetera, but eating greasy fried rice (with chicken!) out of a even greasier cardboard box, using only ones fingers and pieces of the box.Fun, cheap, but not so easy to do.
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Day 13. Dia de los Enamorados.

Pardon my absence yesterday, the first day of my solo sojourn. As some of you might now, your current narrator will be commencing a petite tour de monde, starting on March the 15th or so. The current situation is like a warm-up training, and quite useful as such. I spent the last evening wandering a
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nueva vista · 3Y ago

Dia 11: Professional professionals. (picpost, mostly)

Welcome once again, dear readers and readerettes.Let´s start our petite cultural study with an example of a professional musician: Austrias President Heinz Fischer. (Before becoming a DJ, he had a short carreer as a bongo player in Cuba.)Refreshing, isn´t it? And now, for Flo, the car you asked for.
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