So far, nothing has changed. For all Havana's crumbling structures and piles of rubble, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, its plethora of armed policemen and sun-bleached billboards espousing their pat, revolutionary slogans, it attracts 3 million pink-skinned, camera-toting, snack-munching mojito-swilling tourists each year.
Cuba stands pummeled by an unworkable socialism and a voracious consumer appetite. What began over 50 years ago seems spent, "patriotism or death" are simply not enough.
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To finish a rough day, the only food in town, the same as in all small places in Laos, was a simple but expensive noodle soup. I guess we'll write about the terribly expensive Lao food in the future, highlighting that Thailand was way cheaper. Ah, and their famous green papaya salad, without papaya.
