On the Road Again from Baracoa, Cuba Feb. 23, 2014

Dear Friends,

With the challenges of health insurance and a visa extension behind me head down the road later today.   Will not get too far with a late start but should be able to reach to Yumuri east of here then decide whether what may be called a road is passable from there or retrace steps and bike back and head up over the serpentine Farola. 

From there to Guantanamo and Santiago.  A lovely place here.  Enjoyed a Cuban folkloric performance last night and managed a few contortions on the dance floor.  Wonderful experience of being here with all the challenges of being in another culture and using another language.. 

Talleyrand " You can do everything with bayonets except sit on them."

Confucious " It is the moral culture of a neighborhood that constitutes its excellence.

The Tao "An army's harvest is a wast of thorns.  Even the finest of arms are an instrument of evil."

Peace Rider