Travelers' Tales Cuba True Stories

by Miller, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781932361100
• ISBN10: 1932361103
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-14
• Publisher: Travelers' Tales

Summary

"What's it like to be there?" Travelers' Tales gives you the best possible answer through the true stories of other travelers. Delightful, funny, cautionary, or inspiring, there's no better road map than the experiences of others for deepening and enriching your travels. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xiii
Map	xviii
Part One ESSENCE OF CUBA
The Bus	3	(2)
EDUARDO GALEANO
An Elegiac Carnival	5	(9)
PICO IYER
Simple Life	14	(4)
CRISTINA GARCIA
Finding My House in El Cerro	18	(4)
JAMES A. MICHENER
Communism and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	22	(12)
PHILLIPPE DIEDERICH
Ticket to Ride	34	(4)
ALISHA BERGER
Picture This	38	(4)
TOM MILLER
Under Havana's Hood	42	(4)
CHARLES DEGELMAN
Sweet Thing	46	(5)
STEPHANIE ELIZONDO GRIEST
Havana When It Rains	51	(4)
ELISEO ALBERTO
Making Music	55	(10)
HENRY SHUKMAN
Havana Then and Now	65	(14)
ROBERT STONE
Part Two SOME THINGS TO DO
Viva Los Diplomats	79	(13)
RANDY WAYNE WHITE
Slow-Motion Island	92	(9)
CRISTINA GARCIA
The House of Tango	101	(9)
STEPHEN SMITH
Fishing for Bone	110	(7)
TOM STIENSTRA
Museum Piece	117	(5)
ANTONIO LÓPEZ
Bring on the Cubans!	122	(4)
JUDY CANTOR
From Tip to Tail	126	(14)
WIL S. HYLTON
We All Scream for Ice Cream	140	(5)
CHRISTOPHER P. BAKER
An Ernest Land	145	(11)
BOB SHACOCHIS
Hitchhiker's Cuba	156	(13)
DAVE EGGERS
Part Three GOING YOUR OWN WAY
Party Time	169	(7)
ENRIQUE FERNÁNDEZ
You Beautiful Doll	176	(5)
LESLIE BERESTEIN
Remember the Maine?	181	(10)
TOM MILLER
The Revolution's Cradle	191	(8)
CHRISTOPHER HUNT
Havana journal	199	(4)
JON LEE ANDERSON
Our Mailman in Havana	203	(3)
STEPHEN BENZ
High Top, Low Stubble	206	(9)
WILLIAM LEE BRENT
Tuning with the Enemy	215	(7)
BENJAMIN TREUHAFT
Heroes of Tourism	222	(9)
C. PETER RIPLEY
Es Cuba	231	(14)
LEA ASCHKENAS
Part Four IN THE SHADOWS
The Conflicted Tourist	245	(3)
S.L. PRICE
A Strawberry and Chocolate Goodbye	248	(6)
RUTH BEHAR
Havana at Midnight	254	(10)
LYNN DARLING
Cemetery Blues	264	(6)
ANDREI CODRESCU
Hasta LaVictoria Sometimes	270	(9)
PATRICK SYMMES
Part Five THE LAST WORD
Cycle of Love	279	(4)
FELIX WINKELAAR
Recommended Reading	283	(4)
Index	287	(2)
Index of Contributors	289	(2)
Acknowledgments	291