{"id":2978,"date":"2013-07-25T06:49:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T14:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2013-11-23T06:59:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T14:59:03","slug":"life-is-a-cuban-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/life-is-a-cuban-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Is A Cuban Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>There is nothing like a quiet, calm morning on the Caribbean Sea. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cuba&#8217;s no motor boat\/jetski policy makes this fantasy a reality.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> You just want to jump in a kayak and explore.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2980\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2980\" alt=\"P7110411\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110411.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110411-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2981\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2981\" alt=\"P7110413\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110413.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110413.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110413-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>We had fun taking these shots and I tweaked them a bit to make them very dramatic, if not ghoulish at times&#8211;my facial skin tone is a little frightening!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2984\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2984\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2984\" alt=\"P7110423\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110423.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110423.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110423-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110423-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110423-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2985\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2985\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2985\" alt=\"P7110428\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110428.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110428.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110428-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2987\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2987\" alt=\"P7110430\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110430.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110430.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110430-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2986\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2986\" alt=\"P7110429\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110429.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110429.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110429-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2982\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2982\" alt=\"P7110419\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110419.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110419.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110419-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110419-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110419-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The following dramatic shots include the Hotel Internacional in the background (<em>I believe the dramatic photo mood suits the hotel and its opulent pre-revolution history<\/em>).<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2990\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2990\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2990\" alt=\"P7110435\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110435.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110435.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110435-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2996\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2996\" alt=\"P7110450\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104501.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104501.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104501-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2989\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2989\" alt=\"P7110433\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104332.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104332.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104332-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2993\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2993\" alt=\"P7110441\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104411.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104411-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2995\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2995\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2995\" alt=\"P7110449\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110449.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110449.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110449-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>In July, the summer Carribean Sea is so very warm and clear. The Cubans told us they only swim in the sea from May to September; they feel it&#8217;s too chllly during the winter months. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>All of the tourist flock to the Caribbean during those winter months and play happily in the sea&#8211;the Cubans find this<em> crazy<\/em>; it&#8217;s<em> too cold<\/em> they say. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>I recommend Cuba during the summer&#8211;<em>less tourists, more Cubans<\/em> on the beaches and the sea is like a bath. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Hope you enjoy the playful sea pictures&#8211;we had fun posing for them&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2999\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2999\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2999\" alt=\"P7110470\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110470.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110470.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110470-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=3000\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3000\" alt=\"P7110472\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110472.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110472.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110472-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2992\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2992\" alt=\"P7110439\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104391.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104391.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P71104391-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2997\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2997\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2997\" alt=\"P7110459\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110459.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110459.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110459-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?attachment_id=2998\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2998\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2998 aligncenter\" alt=\"P7110467\" src=\"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110467.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110467.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/P7110467-300x209.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing like a quiet, calm morning on the Caribbean Sea. Cuba&#8217;s no motor boat\/jetski policy makes this fantasy a reality. You just want to jump in a kayak and explore. 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