Dear Colleagues: Cuba Travel Advisory You might be dealing with travel who are concerned over the current situation with Cuba and are perhaps concerned about traveling there based on recent announcements and media coverage. Vaya Sojourns feels that it is our ethical obligation to share with you the facts that we have uncovered while intensely […]
The U.S. State Departments travel advisory has Cuba Travel Advisory. The State Department has gone so far as to say that due to the reduction in embassy staff “the embassy would not be able to assure our security.” While pronouncements of this sort by our government should be taken seriously it needs to also be […]
Culinary changes in Cuba Perhaps the most exciting change for visitors to Changes Cuba taking place. To learn more, read this article: Cuba
The Price Of Change The Impact of Tourism on Cuba Commentary by Steve Anchell © 2024 Steve Anchell. All rights reserved. As someone who has traveled legally to Cuba and led twenty-five workshops since 2001, I can attest it is almost as easy for U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba today as it is to […]
The Festival of Fire in Santiago de Cuba is an annual event that celebrates the rich cultural heritage and vibrant spirit of the city. The festival is held every year in July and attracts thousands of visitors from around the world. The main focus of the festival is the traditional bonfires that are lit throughout […]
This article was posted on my Facebook page, “42 Movies about photography every photographer should watch.” It’s a great list and I’m looking forward to seeing the ones I’ve missed. Missing from the list is one of my personal favorite dramatic films, “Smoke,” starring Harvey Keitel. Another film not on the list that I like […]
Festival del Fuego (Festival of Fire for those who don’t read Spanish) is a week-long celebration of Afro-Cuban culture that takes place each July in Santiago de Cuba. You won’t see anything like this in staid Havana. Even if you’ve been to Cuba on numerous occasions you owe it to yourself to witness and photograph […]
travel to Cuba Legal Travel to Cuba Since about 1997 one of the only things that has kept Cuba from collapsing economically has been the tourist trade (that and oil subsidies from Venezuela which were reduced after Caesar Chavez died). Even so, due to the U.S. embargo the total amount of tourism has not been […]
Why is the Cuban Embargo Still in Place? analysis by Steve Anchell “The embargo on Cuba is the most comprehensive set of U.S. sanctions on any country, including the other countries designated by the U.S. government to be state sponsors of terrorism.”[1] In 1959, the Cuban Revolution succeeded in overthrowing the rule of North American […]