Cuban road sign
It's been said that in times of penury, misery, pain, dark tyranny, and incertitude, a big saver is the sense of humour. That's what guarantees survival. This is a real road sign in Cuba, sent by my dear friend I.L.
The inscription says "Slow down, fuck!"
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Now, my question is...
Unless it is the tourists buses or militray transports, what else is gonna go "despacio"
Kuba (well at least La Habana) is the most surreal of places when it comes to driving.
You keep hearing that people got killed by a car and you ask yourself HOW!? Well here is my first hand experience:
First you don’t see the traffic lights , the voltage is so fucking low you have no idea if the light is green or red (yellow doesn’t even matter)
Second , you may be driving towards the Jose Marti airport and you see the BACK of a tractor with 19 people hanging on to it and going a 4 miles an hour in desperation you beep you scream , nothing!, all it gets you is a wave from the "passengers" you try to pass it but you cant cause this thing is smack in the middle of the road , then you make your move and pass them on the LEFT and your right wheels are on the grass then you see the tractor is being pulled by a cow ! .. Not a horse, or a mule a god damn COW, you don’t know if you wanna laugh or cry.
El Malecon is a 6 lane 2 way thoroughfare, problem is, there are no markings ANYWHERE that you can follow. You suddenly see lights coming at you and you realize that both you and the on coming car are riding smack in the middle of what should be the “median”
On a VERY scary incident I was on my way to El Rincon, for those who do not know this road El Rincon is right off what could be considered a little dirt road maybe 10 feet wide and you get Cubans from ALL over Cuba making pilgrimages to see San Lazaro. On my way back I was trying to weave through the people who were making their way on foot when I saw a little bit of an opening and I accelerated to maybe 10 MPG out of nowhere an old lady with a little kid JUMPED in front of the car I hit the breaks and I missed these people by an inch. The reason they jumped in front of the car was that someone on another car was calling them to buy some candles. In other words, the 2 dollars they were going to get for the candles warranted that they would put their lives in jeopardy by jumping in front of a car. When I started screaming at the old lady she said in total despair “Ay mijo si es preferable estar muerta que vivir en esta mierda” (My son sometimes you rather die that live in this shit)
THAT is life in KUBA.
I think I will put that sign in front of my house!!!
GOOD ONE!!
my dad came over today to my crib
and Im translating everything on this site to him .le encanta
he wishes you guys the best luck
ah and one more thing
viva cuba libre
Thanks, greetings!
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