Cuba: A marvelous destination for your next vacation

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Aside from trailblazing, visitors access to systematized routes packed with educational and cultural activities and achieve a new understanding of the country and its challenges is certainly a good reason to spend a holiday in Cuba.

Cuba is situated in between Bahamas and Jamaica and identified as the largest Caribbean island. Cuba is characterized by huge mountains that cover more than one-third of the total land area. Remaining portion of the island is made up of flat plain lands. There are 200 bays and 289 beaches in Cuba. Cuba is also known by its large bodies of water and most of the rivers of Cuba are shallow.

There are lots of things to do in Cuba, the tour to the cobble-stoned street of Old Havana is unquestionably the most historically interesting and protected district in the Caribbean.

Visitor may listen to jazz at legendary La Zorra y el Cuervo; it is the city's premier jazz venue. The Afro-Cuban hook makes the unique tunes. Unlike most of Havana's music venues, the sound will make you snap your fingers and shake your head like no other bands. Shows are held every night, and the 10-cuc cover two cocktails.

You may also view artwork from Caribbean and Latin artists at the Havana Biennial Art Exhibition; it principally aims at promoting the Third World contemporary art. The biennial is considered as a significant forum for understated voices, and Latin American and Caribbean artists still have priority even though artists from all over the world are authorized to submit their works.

Encounter God Retreat: A personal experience

I went to Peniel Prayer Mountain for a 2-days retreat (EGR- Encounter God Retreat) last week. It’s actually a long overdue experience since my husband has been convincing me to go there for quite some time but I was only able to leave work last week. 

I went there with our Pastora and another delegate from our church with honestly a few expectations. Don’t get me wrong, I know why people go on retreat and how this journey makes them change their way of living or at least their way of thinking but during that time I really don’t expect much. I went there to fulfill the promise I made with God when I was in a hospital on December for a D&C (raspa) but what I did not expect is how this journey could change my life. 

That 2 days retreat made me reflect on the way I live my life and how I live it wrong. It made me think of my mistakes in the past and the mistakes that I continually commit in the present. It made me reflect on my way of thinking, on my way of saying things. It made me think of my dis-contentedness to all the blessings that God has given me. It made me reflect on how I treat my parents and other love-ones for the matter. I’ve never been emotional and I’m used to hide my feelings so I did not expect that I will be able to open up and share all my deepest emotions. 

I poured everything that’s inside me…I cried a lot. If crying a river is an exaggeration then perhaps I’m exaggerating but I really felt like I cried a river that time. 

I know I’m not perfect and I’m committing mistakes but this retreat really enlightened my mind and open my heart to the wrongness of my way of living.

After the journey I became bolder, more God-fearing, more open-minded, and more reasonable. I was able to figure out all my wrong attitude and  I’m determined to change it if not my whole life and by the grace of God I know I will be able to do just that.