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Baracoa después del tifón Matthew
Un mes después del tifón siguen trabajando en Baracoa. Uno de los lugares donde más afectó el terrible tifón Matthew.
Se derribaron muchas casas, incluso las que tenían cimientos y eran de una sola planta, construcciones a priori sólidas realizadas con materiales como el cemento u hormigón.
De la primera línea de mar se salvaron los bloques de viviendas más pesados, aunque también sufrieron…
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DIARIO DE VIAJE - La Cuba de Fidel Castro
Este será un viaje diferente, nunca había compartido viaje con tanta gente. Compartiremos la mitad del viaje. Viajar en grupo tiene ventajas e inconvenientes. Una de las ventajas es el ahorro de energía que supone dividir las tareas que se suceden, el desgaste a nivel personal es menor y el trabajo se reduce considerablemente, cada uno aporta su granito de arena. Además el camino se hace más…
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Tren Hershey, viaje al pasado en Cuba
Si resides por el centro de La Habana lo mejor es preguntar “ de dónde parte la lanchita “, que es un ferry rápido a Casablanca, la estación de origen del tren Hershey. Aunque también se puede llegar a ella por carretera, pero es más tedioso porque se debe cruzar toda la bahía. Se pueden consultar los horarios de salida en la misma estación o en los puntos de información de la capital.
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Over 70% of Cuba’s Power Restored After Hurricane Irma
Over 70% of Cuba’s Power Restored After Hurricane Irma
Residents walk near downed power lines felled by Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba. (Desmond Boylan/The Associated Press)
(TODAY CUBA) Over 70 percent of Cuba’s electrical power has been restored in the wake of Hurricane Irma, Prensa Latina reported.
The hurricane, which rocked the island nation’s northern coast earlier this month, left vast areas without power for days.
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Over 70% of Cuba’s Power Restored After Hurricane Irma
Over 70% of Cuba’s Power Restored After Hurricane Irma
Residents walk near downed power lines felled by Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba. (Desmond Boylan/The Associated Press)
(TODAY CUBA) Over 70 percent of Cuba’s electrical power has been restored in the wake of Hurricane Irma, Prensa Latina reported.
The hurricane, which rocked the island nation’s northern coast earlier this month, left vast areas without power for days.
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Handcrafted Creels in Caibarién
Caibarién, in Villa Clara province, is a municipality by the sea; one of its old traditions is the use of handcrafted creels for fishing. The know-how has been passed down from one generation to another, one example is Nilo Medardo González Portales and his three sons.
This place is the border between the mainland and the causeway leading to Cayo Ensenachos and Cayo Santa María, where you can enjoy the sun, the white sands, the exotic beaches and snorkeling in the coral reefs. If you travel in your own car, you can drop by this town and ask for the Nilo Medardo family, and learn more about fishing in Cuba.
They make their own creels for sea fishing. Creels are among the oldest and most traditional passive fishing tackles, usually used in the coast for keeping the newly caught lobsters and shrimps, but they can also be used for fishing. This creel has a cylindrical net that narrows in one end (like an upside-down funnel), and when the pray enters the net, it falls in a basket from which it can´t get out. A bait is used to lure the fishes and shellfish into the basket.
In Cuba, Nilo González remarks, only the wire creels are used, but “the 'old ones', in Caibarién, taught us to make them out of reed. They are called high sea creels because they are used to fish in deep waters, 200 or 250 fathoms”.
According to this fisherman, “they have many advantages. They last longer than the ones made of wire, which last for about three months (depending on the quality of the wire), but the handcrafted creels last up to two, even four years! And they are far more effective, as the net allows the small and medium size fishes to get out while the big ones stay in”.
The location of the island makes fishing a beautiful tradition in Cuban coastal areas. The creels are made by hand; later they become efficient tools for the catch. Nilo Medardo González has visited several provinces to teach other people and save the tradition and knowledge for the history of the nation.
