Matt Benoit
Reporting from Havana
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| Havana's El Capitolio is seen amid the city at night. |
Havana, Cuba is not a city most people would compare to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yet during my time here, I find it is not a stretch to do
so. After all, not only can you wander the streets with open containers of
alcohol, but people will also routinely offer you prostitutes and/or drugs.
It is a lively and potentially dangerous nightlife, one that
the majority of our group decides to investigate on our first full night in Havana by piling into
taxis and visiting a local nightclub.
Initially, I feel this is “not such a good idea,” by which I
more specifically mean “an idea that might ultimately result in being kidnapped,
blindfolded, and exchanged for black market petroleum products.”
After several drinks at the lobby bar to improve my decision-making
abilities, however, it seems a much more sensible idea.
