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MattyC

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  1. Count Mags and I in for the down!! Yeearr. What time you shidiots leaving Ottawa on Friday cause we want in on the convoy! No campin' in sketch alley this year for me. I didn't like the crazy militia men pouncing from the trees. :o

  2. I take it you have been a Chelsea fan for a year and a half now
    Naw man, brand New fan, I love the seedy Russian oil money and yankees mentality !! :P I've been a fan since the Zola days and love the West ham alumni on the team. This season should be sweet with multiple teams, besides the big two, going for the goods. I guess I should have said ManURE, my apologies. :blush:
  3. Hey. thanks Huxy for looking after us. I have been keeping a close eye on this and looking at some travel forums. Apparently this may have spun through the american media machine a little.

    Here is link to the actual resolution and a exerpt from another board

    Well, my two cents worth...

    I have just received a reply by email, from my friend in Holguin, who works in the Tourism Dept, but not at a resort.

    In a nutshell.....He says that the new regs are being "re"put into place basically to stop those dealing with foreign companies and those who must travel abroad, and host those from away, and from "becoming used" to "non-communist" ways and means...

    Apparently, what was happening, was they were being 'wined and dined', in the manner which we are accustomed to entertaining, and many were complaining about how they were treated at "home" and then looking for "foreign" aid in getting out of Cuba... either by sponsorship or by personal means...and some even claiming refugee status....

    The section on gifts was put in there to stop some individuals from receiving "expensive" gifts. Not the little ones we give the maids everyday....

    So, in response, the gov has determined that they may not attend these foreign banquets, or go to private functions, nor place themselves in a situation where they may have reason or opportunity to wheedle their way out.

    He told me that I wasn't to worry. The resorts would all remain the same, and the Cubans still all very much look forward to opening their "arms" and their country to us tourists.

    He is very concerned that the spin put on it by the US media, will have adverse effects on the tourism sector.

    Cheers. :D

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