Not From Tarshish Tuesday Surf & Culture Report

Lost Boys & Co...

Of course cigars are right up there with rum, sugar cane and revolutionaries as the chief exports of Cuba.  LoLa was making friends outside the Bodequita del Medio and had the opportunity to decline a free cigar, but opted for the photo op instead.  Notice the gentleman behind the girls smoking a bomber! 

Clear skies and 20+ miles visibility with offshore winds at 3.9kts and smooth seas.  The air temperature is 47.9 but freezing degrees and the water is a relatively warm 62.6º.  Low tide was at 6:03am +3.1' and low tide will be at 12:03pm +4.8'.  We have a west swell out of 274º at 4.3' and it was at least that big at Hermosa and a tad smaller at some other spots...  Could be fun mañana!

At the Floradita Club in Habana Vieja.  They assert that they are the birthplace of the Daquiri, a somewhat specious claim, given the preponderance of the drink.  Daquiri is actually the name of a region in Cuba and possibly the name of an indigenous group of peoples...  From L. to R. we have Capt. Donnie, Ché, LoLa and Tarzan...

Finally, we have this interesting wooden sculpture depicting the slave revolt of the 19th century.  When the Spaniards got tired of hunting the local people or sharing smallpox with them, they started importing boatloads of slaves to work the sugar cane plantations.  That worked until the slaves outnumbered the general population and they decided it would be just as easy to lop off the heads of their oppressors as it would be to cut some sugar cane...  Shortly after that, they invented the mambo...
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"When the surf breaks, we'll fix it..."
 The Professor!!

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