Cuba by Autobus
As we travelled across the island of Cuba we enjoyed the
luxury of air conditioned and comfortable transportation in modern
buses owned by Amistur Cuba, an affiliate of ICAP. These buses
took us everywhere... even on one or two rough roads deep into the
rural and less travelled areas of Cuba. Because we were a large
delegation of foreign "dignitaries", our bus caravan was always
accompanied by a police escort to ensure that no accident would delay
us or cause injury.
In some areas, the roads were narrow and winding... and our police
escort required that oncoming traffic pull off the road for us.
We felt uncomfortable with this sort of "exclusive" treatment until it
was explained to us that if any local traffic were the cause of
accident or injury to us as foreigners, the penalties could be very
high indeed. Plus the international publicity would do Cuba no
good whatsoever.
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