Background

In 2012, my wife and I flew from Mexico City to Havana on the Mexican airline Interjet to mark our 10th anniversary. I hesitate to say “celebrate” due to our grim destination.

We went out of curiosity. With the Castro despots getting very old, I believed that the Cuba I had heard about almost all my life, especially the antique cars, the island’s second-most-famous characteristic — the first being communist oppression — would likely be changing in the near future.

We stayed a week in an Havana guesthouse.

This report was first published in two parts on a now-closed blog. The report was also serialized in The Bulletin, a fun news weekly in Texas.

Visiting Communist Cuba was interesting, but we will not be returning.