When I booked my Cuba resort in the late 1980s, I imagined something similar to my Dominican Republic trip — soft sand, turquoise water, and maybe a little diving if I was able. But stepping into the southeast corner of the island quickly taught me that this wasn’t Varadero, and this wasn’t the kind …
Canadian Travel to Cuba
Canadian Travel to Cuba in the 1980s: The Other Side
Part 1: Santiago vs Varadero The late 1980s were a hopeful kind of decade — at least for me. I was young, curious, falling for someone new, and just beginning to peek beyond the borders of my home country. I’d traveled to the U.K. for work, spent a week in the Dominican Republic, and somewhere in …
