Blog 1: A country I would like to visit

I think it's a hard decision to choose one country but I will choose Cuba. A fun fact about this is that my mom had the opportunity to travel to Cuba when she was pregnant with me. Maybe Cuba chose me more than I chose Cuba.

In general I would like to visit a country of the caribbean islands because I think that its history is very interesting, but also because most of them live in this duality between tourism and reality, trying to subsist of tourism but facing a poor reality.

In specific I have an interest in Cuba because of its revolution history and I would like to learn from a personal experience about their political present and how is life there. Also (and very important) because of their music. I grew up listening to "Buena Vista Social Club", a record of son cubano, bolero, guajira and salsa, and that sound fascinates me. I think Cuban music influences to the whole world with its sound and musicians, and is a fundamental part of the history of music.

I really enjoy that the music in Cuba its a gathering factor and the focal point isn't to record music but enjoy it as a community event, dancing and playing. So I would like to talk with a lot of people and learn more about their music and history. Also learn how to dance to their music jajaja. For that I think that I would really enjoy living there for some time.

Comentarios

  1. Americous big1 de junio de 2020 a las 3:19 p.m.

    Im glad you choose cuba, and that our classmates have choosen a lot of latins countries, that makes me valorate or cultures and neighbours

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  2. Eduardo Cordero1 de junio de 2020 a las 3:19 p.m.

    Ohhh that's nice. I hope you convert to communism, we'll be waiting for you...

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  3. camila1241 de junio de 2020 a las 3:24 p.m.

    Cuba is a country fantastic, I hope we can go together <3

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  4. Benjy3 de junio de 2020 a las 6:33 a.m.

    I really want to go to Cuba, my mom went there :(

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