Moments From my Time Living in Cuba..
One year I decided to pack my stuff, leave the United States of America, and go to live in Cuba for a while. In Cuba, I lived in seven different cities. I landed in Cuba's capital, Havana, where I lived in the Vedado district. What I liked most about Havana is its history. I was able to learn the most about this city and its history by walking and riding a bicycle around the whole city.
After Havana, I moved to Cienfuego, where I shared a house with the baseball catcher for the Cienfuego baseball team, who plays in the Cuba National League. He was very kind to take his time to show me around his city and also appointed me as a sponsor for their girls' volleyball team.
After a while, I left Cienfuego and went to live in Trinidad, which is a UNESCO heritage city. Out of all the cities I lived in Cuba, I lived here the shortest because the city is full of tourists, so it made me feel like I was still in the USA. In every city I lived in, I spent most of my time in chess clubs. In all the other cities I played chess, I had no problem winning games except in Trinidad, where I met Cuba's chess champion, who beat me in all but one of the approximately 100 games we played.
After realizing that I would never beat Cuba's chess champion, I packed my stuff and moved to the city of Santa Clara. This city is full of Cuba's revolution history because that's is where it happened. I visited an area called Tren Blindado, where the actual revolution happened; the remains of the flipped-over train are still there. I also visited the Che Guevara Mausoleum, where I learned a lot about him.
After I had enough of Santa Clara, I moved to the city of Camaguey. Out of all the cities I lived in Cuba, Camaguey has the largest concentration of black people. What I've seen in this city is that the majority of people still practice West African spirituality and worship their ancestors and idols. You can see a portion of their worship in the video I made of my time in Cuba by clicking on the link below.
Las Tunas is where I went to live after Camaguey; this city is very calm, but when I was there, a baseball playoff series started between the Las Tunas team and the Industriales team from Havana; this is like what we call the World Series in the USA. The city was not calm anymore during the series and, of course, after Las Tunas beat Industriales and became Cuba's National League champions.
My final city to live in Cuba was Santiago de Cuba; this city is where the late Fidel Castro, former president of Cuba, is from and is also where the ashes of his remains are. I fell in love with this city the most out of all cities due to the calmness and politeness of its people. Santiago de Cuba was the city where I spent the majority of my time in Cuba. This city is full of history and historical places; I was able to visit almost all of them.
I could not write about my entire experience in Cuba on here, but I put together a video that has more of my experience and memories in Cuba. You can watch this video by clicking here:
If you have a question about my life experience in Cuba, you can ask me in the comments section of this video. I do respond to all comments.
Peace Be With You.