Cuban Towel Art
Cuban towel art in two of the hotels we stayed in. This art is all the more impressive because, unlike the Egyptians, the Cubans must have been laundering these same towels for years and years as they barely cover your bits after a shower - they've been machine washed so many times. The housekeeping staff left personal handwritten notes in the rooms wishing us a happy stay and telling us how much pleasure it gave them to clean our rooms.
People who work in the catering industry are possibly the best paid people in Cuba as at least the get ample tips to compensate for atrocious
wages - not taxed by the state either. One Cuban Convertible Peso equals one USA dollar.
wages - not taxed by the state either. One Cuban Convertible Peso equals one USA dollar.Morty wanted to buy this example of Cuban hand-thrown pottery! Not on my mantlepiece! Must have been the heat affecting him!
posted by Buggles Balham High Road at 1:06 PM
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2 Comments:
I wouldn't want it on my mantlepiece either.!!
Looks like the Cubans have a tendency to exaggerate. :-)
Appalling isn't it? On a serious note, this potter and his shop is an independent business. During the 1990s Castro granted licences to Cubans to start their own self-employed businesses. Usually letting a room to foreigners and gift shops like this.
They were successful but of course go against the state policy so now he isn't granting any more licences - so no more entrepeneural enterprises. Sad.
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