August 23, 2006
Ride a painted pony...
...on the spinning wheel ride.
Posted by Val Prieto at August 23, 2006 08:56 AM
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Is that the latest Communist Pionero amusement park in Cuba? I did not see it in the book "Vamos a Cuba."
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at August 23, 2006 09:38 AM
Were they charged with theft of state materials?
Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at August 23, 2006 10:07 AM
Is that the ticket booth in the back?
Posted by: El Todopoderoso at August 23, 2006 10:08 AM
For something more bizarre than this, check out Oscar Corral's blog in the Miami Herald. His "Cuban Connection" is out of control and has morphed into the "Gay Connection."
Posted by: mrcs_Concepcion at August 23, 2006 10:17 AM
"Construyendo el Socialismo"
Posted by: omar at August 23, 2006 12:03 PM
looks like something from chitty chitty bang bang
Posted by: daniel_in_garanhuns at August 23, 2006 12:11 PM
Resolver?
Posted by: Ziva at August 23, 2006 02:27 PM
Cuba-Disney.
Posted by: Lucha Libre at August 23, 2006 02:33 PM
This just makes me sad.
Sad to think of all the brilliant minds trapped.
Sad when I think of lost potential.
Sad to ponder what the people who built this could build given top-of-the-line tools and technology.
Sad to know that a whole nation is relegated to resolver.
Just plain sad.
Posted by: Adela at August 23, 2006 03:07 PM
While I do see the sad part of this picture, I tend to also agree with Ziva. Resolver. It's what makes Cubans what they are. The photo shows me that someone was inventive and resourceful enough to put together an amusement ride (albeit pathetic) for the kids. To us here in the U.S. this is sad and definitely sends a message but I bet there are some kids in Cuba who see it differently; at least until they get a little older.
Posted by: Abe Cardenas at August 23, 2006 03:12 PM
Maybe it is really a lab centrifuge in one of kaSStro's vaunted "health care" facilities.
Posted by: Alberto-Q at August 23, 2006 03:48 PM
It kinda looks like modern art. It has a sort of order that is kind of pleasing to the eye.
But oh god, the pathetic materials. How very sad that castro has taken so much away from them. I bet little kids wearing flattened plastic milk bottle thongs get to swing on it.
Posted by: A.M. Mora y Leon at August 23, 2006 04:48 PM
How sad, but at the same time how ingenious and resourceful ... I could see the potential of the materials used ending up as part of a raft for a different type of ride ... a dangerous and courageous one ... to escape oppression!
"Viva Cuba Libre"
~ :) Melek
"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done
without hope and confidence." ~ Helen Keller
Posted by: Melek at August 23, 2006 07:02 PM
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