http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/explore-cuba/1244/ The premier natural history series Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:38:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/explore-cuba/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-15985 Maria Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:19:16 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/explore-cuba/#comment-15985 Cuba is a paradise! The waters of the beaches are an azure to aquamarine blue, calm and warm. You can literally walk a mile out and the water will only be to mid chest depth. There are flowers there I have never seen again as well as fruits I have never tasted again, Even the ones you can find here, like magos, guavas and pineapples that do not taste like the ones in Cuba did. We have a fruit called mamey that is shaped like a huge avocado but is like a coconut's bark on the outside, brown and fibrous and when you split it, it has a pit like an avocado but the flesh is an orange red color and it tastes wonderful. They grow then in Florida, but they just don't taste the same. We also eat the fruit of the cashew plant, maranon. You have to be careful because the skin is caustic and will burn your lips, but the flesh is delicious. Speaking of avocados, in Cuba they are also huge, as are the papayas, which we call fruta bomba (bomb fruit) which should give you a clue as to how big they are. when I first saw the Haas avocado I thought they were kidding! I wish Cuba was as available to us as Hawaii is. Hawaii has nothing on Cuba. I still dream of Cuba. I love my country. It's too bad that what the people see now is not the Cuba of yesterday. Havana's hotels rivaled any in Miami beach, the night life, even present day Las Vegas has nothing on it, the beaches like none other, the sands white and shimmery,even pinkish in some areas, the atmosphere the old architecture fabulous, the new architecture (in the fifties, that is) was the most modern you could find anyplace, because it was designed by some of the most futuristic architects of that era. It is no wonder that Cubans of my parents generation never got over the heartbreak of losing it. Cuba is a paradise! The waters of the beaches are an azure to aquamarine blue, calm and warm. You can literally walk a mile out and the water will only be to mid chest depth. There are flowers there I have never seen again as well as fruits I have never tasted again, Even the ones you can find here, like magos, guavas and pineapples that do not taste like the ones in Cuba did. We have a fruit called mamey that is shaped like a huge avocado but is like a coconut’s bark on the outside, brown and fibrous and when you split it, it has a pit like an avocado but the flesh is an orange red color and it tastes wonderful. They grow then in Florida, but they just don’t taste the same. We also eat the fruit of the cashew plant, maranon. You have to be careful because the skin is caustic and will burn your lips, but the flesh is delicious. Speaking of avocados, in Cuba they are also huge, as are the papayas, which we call fruta bomba (bomb fruit) which should give you a clue as to how big they are. when I first saw the Haas avocado I thought they were kidding! I wish Cuba was as available to us as Hawaii is. Hawaii has nothing on Cuba. I still dream of Cuba. I love my country. It’s too bad that what the people see now is not the Cuba of yesterday. Havana’s hotels rivaled any in Miami beach, the night life, even present day Las Vegas has nothing on it, the beaches like none other, the sands white and shimmery,even pinkish in some areas, the atmosphere the old architecture fabulous, the new architecture (in the fifties, that is) was the most modern you could find anyplace, because it was designed by some of the most futuristic architects of that era. It is no wonder that Cubans of my parents generation never got over the heartbreak of losing it.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/explore-cuba/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-13526 ali Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:08:50 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/explore-cuba/#comment-13526 Cuba is a paradise untouched by the modern man. I'ts waiting to be found. Treasures everywhere. I love my country. Cuba is a paradise untouched by the modern man. I’ts waiting to be found. Treasures everywhere. I love my country.

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/cuba-wild-island-of-the-caribbean/explore-cuba/1244/comment-page-1/#comment-4628 Co Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:40:45 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/08/12/explore-cuba/#comment-4628 wow thats a cool island are there lots of crocidiles on pirates online theres an island named cuba. wow thats a cool island are there lots of
crocidiles on pirates online theres an island
named cuba.

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