On Jan 3, 3:15=A0pm, Kurt Ullman wrote:
> In article RicodJour wrote:
>
> > Doesn't a different culture count for anything? =A0I know I'd like to
> > see someplace where Detroit Big Iron from the 50's was still being
> > driven daily. =A0It'd be like a page from the past, but the
> > deterioration from age and economic punishment would make it look like
> > an alternative-future today.
>
> =A0 For a day or two. Then the old cars would be sold off to American
> collectors. I went to Havana about 7 years ago when they still gave out
> Humanitarian and education licenses to go. Over a week it was
> considerably less interesting and alluring (g). I am guessing that
> within a few months it would resemble most every other Caribbean tourist
> trap.
I guess that would be a good reason to be on one of the first
cruises. ;)
> > Hundreds of thousands if not millions of Americans have been to every
> > place you mentioned. =A0Being one of the first to visit a recently
> > opened port - any port - is enough to get a fair number of people on a
> > ship.
>
> =A0 =A0That was part of the allure of the trip. Again, that rubbed off RE=
AL
> quick.
No one stays very long in any port on a cruise, so there's little
danger of becoming jaded in one visit.
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