I think it was Porfirio Diaz of Mexico who lamented: Oh Mexico, so close to the United States and so far away from God..
today I took the short flight from the tranquil (place and people) La Habana, Cuba to the chaos of Miami(place, people, money orientation). In a very short period of time, a very big gap had been traversed, much to the discomfort of my mind.
Prices are quoted in the tourist dollars but they do not accept the tourist dollars but Euro Can$ or USD (where they castigate it with a 10% charge).. Ha the surrealism of our CUBA
an old Ilyushin 24 sits on the tarmac. I once took it on a flight from Santiago de Cuba to Havana, and I am grateful for the good Cuban pilots. Now they stand as sentinels of an era of soviet aviation
A cannibalized DC 10? stands, it was not unusual to see skeletons of various aircrafts with various parts missing taken to use it on other planes..???
Took off from Havana at 10 15, flew over Key West (see the video above) at 1034, just a mere 19 minutes later and then the Florida peninsula at 1041, the land that juts into the bay like a manta ray...and landed at 1059 am 44 minutes, slightly longer today ..
the begining of the Beach at Miami Beach
the flight is over Miami..
Within two hours of arriving at Miami, the mind is already tired of the obsessions and preoccupations of the people who live here (mainly money, most of them are not living in the present but in some uncertain future), after a couple of conversations later, I was ready to return to Cuba..
I long for that peace and tranquility and the strength of friendships and calm discussions and lack of interpersonal conflict.
So close, but much more peaceful..
today I took the short flight from the tranquil (place and people) La Habana, Cuba to the chaos of Miami(place, people, money orientation). In a very short period of time, a very big gap had been traversed, much to the discomfort of my mind.
Within two hours of arriving at Miami, the mind is already tired of the obsessions and preoccupations of the people who live here (mainly money, most of them are not living in the present but in some uncertain future), after a couple of conversations later, I was ready to return to Cuba..
I long for that peace and tranquility and the strength of friendships and calm discussions and lack of interpersonal conflict.
So close, but much more peaceful..
