CUBAN TRANSITIONS

After an excursion in Cienfuegos, those of us who had left the beach were supposed to meet the rest of the group at the botanical gardens.  The bus was at the hotel, so we found alternate transportation—three horses, each dragging a cart and a driver.  We all excitedly piled in, assuming the venture would be […]

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My decision to travel to Cuba with a group of 47 Vassar students and three professors was never one that I felt entirely comfortable with. From the outset I had concerns about the very nature of our tourism. The aspects of voyeurism that are inherent to travel seemed to be amplified; the idea of traveling […]

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