by Mr Jose Garces
Cuba is the major and to most enigmatic island in the Caribbean. This breathtaking holiday destination offers a blend of culture, history, architecture, music along with geography that captivates those who visit it.
If you are a water sports lover Cuba is the perfect destination, with amazing white sandy beaches, crystal transparent waters, coral reefs in addition to limestone formations barely few meters away from the shoreline. Snorkelling along with scuba diving are trendy, as are windsurfing in addition to sailing.
If you are looking for a scuba diving holiday in Cuba, or a seafaring holiday in Cuba, we advise you get in touch with an expert tour operator specialized in Cuba, who is on hand seven days a week to assist you find your ideal water sports holidays in Cuba.
If you are interested in Culture and history you have to visit places like Havana, Trinidad along with Santiago de Cuba. These are only some of the greatest locations in terms of culture interaction. Havana?s night life is without a doubt the most active in the whole of Cuba. Trinidad?s architecture is a must see along with the music tradition in Santiago de Cuba is certainly something you should get to know.
Cuba?s main exports are coffee, rum in addition to cigars, and these make up a good proportion of souvenirs bought too. Also fashionable are local crafts, widely available in souvenir shops, in addition to usually hotel shops too. A great range of goods, that will make interesting souvenirs of your Cuban holiday.
by James Pynn
It should come as no surprise that the Golden State is shot-through with big cities. From San Francisco to Los Angeles to Newport Beach and back up the coast again, there are no shortages of big cities to choose from. To be sure, smaller college towns like Berkeley, Davis, and Irvine also get folded into the Golden State batter. With all of these options, what makes Sacramento the capitol?
Christened by the stalwart Gabriel Moraga, Sacramento was little more than a trading post when John Sutter arrived in 1839 from Switzerland. Within ten years he and his heirs would guide the transformation of the trading post into a military barracks for the U.S. Army and eventually into an incorporated city. Sacramento is the oldest incorporated city in the state, having been invested in 1850. This does not mean it is the oldest, however, as that distinction belongs to Monterey.
Following the conclusion of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), the capital of California was moved from Monterey. The first city to be designated the new capitol was San Jose. When the state legislature met there in 1850, it was argued the capitol should be moved further inland to avoid retribution either from Mexico or the Spanish Empire.
Two years earlier, James Marshall famously discovered gold in the American River in Coloma, about 50 miles away from Sacramento. In the years that followed, Sacramento became the inheritor of the California Gold Rush. The city flooded with new residents and economic prosperity. As evidence of Sacramentos growing importance, the Transcontinental Railroad terminated in the city, solidifying it stature as the gateway city to California.
by David DuPont
Everyone knows that San Francisco is a great gathering place for individuals of different cultures and preferred pastime. If it’s music you’re looking for, you’ll find it in the Civic Center, museums in SoMa (south of Market Street), and theater in Union Square! In the 1960s, the acid rock culture had its start in San Francisco with The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. And it hasn’t ended yet all across the U.S.A. In the meantime, cultural activities of all kinds have proliferated throughout the San Francisco worlds of music, dance, art, film, theater and lecture circuit.
If you’ve already done all there is to do in Marin County, in such locales as Sausalito’s Bay Area Discovery Museum, you can always go to San Francisco to visit any one of an incredible selection of cultural activities.
Music
Music offerings include the San Francisco Symphony, Tel: (415) 864-6000, ww.sfsymphony.org, and the San Francisco Opera, Tel: (415) 864-3330 www.sfopera.com.
Theater
Theater offerings are at the Geary Theater at www.act-sf.org, Tel: (415) 749- 2228; The Curran Theater at www.shnsf.com, Tel: (415) 551-2000; Teatro Zinzanni at www.teatrozinzanni.org, Tel: (415) 438-2668 and 42nd Street Moon at www.42ndstmoon.org, Tel: (415) 255-8207.
For either mainstream or alternative, visit Tix Bay Area, on Powell Street in Union Sq., Tel: (415) 430-1140; or theaterbayarea.org for full and half price tickets for a variety of performances. Another resource for information is the SF Bay Guardian at sfbg.com or the SF Weekly at sfweekly.com and the bi-weekly Bay Area Reporter at ebar.com. All of these newspapers provide listings about each of San Francisco’s cultural activities.
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