The Many Glories of Cuba

Erin O’Neill · Issue 84, May/Jun 2015 · pp. 49–53

Products mentioned: Nikon D7000, Nauticam housing, Sea & Sea YS-110a strobes, Nikon Coolpix AW110

Cuba has always been just an arms reach away for Americans, lying a mere 90 miles off our shores, less than an hour’s flight from Miami. However, it has been one most delicious forbidden fruit for over a half-century. Now finally, finally, we can, with some effort and expense, visit! Ironically, this isolation from its closest neighbor may have inadvertently aided Cubans in keeping the country unspoiled with an environment to be envied by other developed western islands. I hope they recognize this and even with the temptations to modernize and expand tourist opportunities, we all fervently wish them to safeguard and value their island as a world largely still unrevoked and unpolluted. Go soon to ensure you’ll have the same experience. A couple of years ago the television news journal 60 Minutes announced the news that Cuba was finally accessible, under strict guidelines, to a few divers!…