{"id":21827,"date":"2016-05-04T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=21827"},"modified":"2016-05-04T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T17:20:16","slug":"looking-back-at-cuba-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/looking-back-at-cuba-continued.html","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back at Cuba (continued) &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/looking-back-at-cuba.html\">Previously &#8230;<\/a> Now you can fly to Havana direct from the U.S. without having to be part of a licensed group. You can even use credit cards in places equipped to handle them. Of course prices for tourists are higher than in 2002. But I&#8217;d bet that Cuban salaries aren&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-5-621-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/looking-back-at-cuba-continued.html\/cuba-5-621-copy\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-5-621-copy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,553\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LOOKING BACK AT CUBA-5\" 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data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/looking-back-at-cuba-continued.html\/cuba-6-621\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,882\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LOOKING BACK AT CUBA-6\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621-211x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621.jpg\" alt=\"LOOKING BACK AT CUBA-6\" width=\"620\" height=\"882\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-6-621-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-7-621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21831\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2016\/05\/looking-back-at-cuba-continued.html\/cuba-7-621\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/CUBA-7-621.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"621,737\" 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The other parts were about Cuban music and culture. One day maybe I&#8217;ll have time to post them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously &#8230; Now you can fly to Havana direct from the U.S. without having to be part of a licensed group. You can even use credit cards in places equipped to handle them. Of course prices for tourists are higher than in 2002. But I&#8217;d bet that Cuban salaries aren&#8217;t. 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