The internet crept up on the western world slow enough that no one realised until it was too late. The basis of all zombie movies, it turns out, is not actually zombies hunting for brains, but hunting for wi-fi. People…
Cuban Art
Before communism in Cuba, the indigenous people wore no clothes. Roles were reversed to what we are used to now – women would put on their armoured stilettos and grab their battle forks and ride their roosters (I was going…
Play Hard, Work Maybe….
This is sunset at Varadero, a resort town on the north coast of Cuba. Each night the government has the sun go down at dusk so tourists can take photos of it. The locals are also rationed a single sunset…
The View Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful
I saw that saying on a postcard once – and it made me think of you! Here’s my own postcard that I took a photo of. We all piled into our little boat and headed away from the city. We…
They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
Cuba is stuck in the 1950’s. That’s what I was told and have read. All of the old buildings are tired and run down and the old 1940s and ‘50s cars are famously, still around and used as taxis. There…
Welcome to Cuba
Like any good Turk, the first place I visit when I go abroad is the statue of Ataturk, and when there is a bus full of Turks (pure bred through to honorary), we will park the car in the slow…
What Would We Do Without The Internet?
Well.. I’m about to find out. Cuba, yet to have the NBN rolled out, apparently may have dial up if we are in a fancy hotel. I feel like I will have a home ground advantage un Cuba. I have…