Here is Havana

Written by the gringa next door, Here is Havana conspires to give you a dose of what life is really like across the Straits. This is navel-gazing, cathartic venting at its best (and worst). If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to kiss on the Malecón, go to the doctor for free, smoke tasty 5 cent cigars, or forgoe toilet paper for months, welcome to Havana. Other passions and perturbances of life here you’ll read about include baseball, my fledgling garden, machismo, the Cuban kitchen, my favorite little old ladies (who have more spunk than your average 22-year old from Omaha), rock ‘n roll withdrawl, the “wireless network found” icon that harasses me as I’m connected via 50k dial up, and other ironies. What you read here is 100% my opinion and experience after 9 years (and counting) working as an American journalist in Havana. I have no agenda. I aim to sway no one. In Cuban, this translates as ella no está en na’. A high compliment, rarely paid. Here is Havana – like you never dreamed

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Key words: Americans in Cuba, Life in Havana, Writing from Havana, Travel, Dreams come true

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ConnerG

US American expat living in Cuba

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About me: A native New Yorker, Ive been based in Havana since 2002 where I work as a health journalist and freelance writer. Ive written dozens of guidebooks (Lonely Planet & others) and contributed to several anthologies. I prefer crafting well-worded and inspirational prose to "tell us about you" form fields...