Want to join me on a Cuba, Caymans, and Haiti cruise Dec 9-17?

by philg

Readers:

An Irish helicopter pilot friend and I are escaping our respective families and winter weather from Dec 9-17 on Royal Caribbean’s Empress of the Seas (itinerary). The basic cabins are absurdly cheap, about $100 per-person per day. This includes a bed, three meals set up to minimize the risk of food poisoning, and entertainment. Should be cheaper than staying home!

It would be awesome if some of you can join. We can evaluate socialism first-hand in Cuba and give Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a full report. We can take some photos of Labadee and send them to Donald Trump so that he can see just how wrong he is about Haiti (as, of course, he is wrong about everything).

Our experience in Haiti will be authentic, according to Wikipedia:

The resort is completely tourist-oriented, and is guarded by a private security force. The site is fenced off from the surrounding area, and passengers are not allowed to leave the property. Food available to tourists is brought from the cruise ships. A controlled group of Haitian merchants are given sole rights to sell their merchandise and establish their businesses in the resort.

Royal Caribbean offers high-speed statellite Internet at a reasonable (considering the satellite link) price. So “have to work that week” is no excuse!

Please email me (philg@mit.edu) if you can join.

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4 thoughts on “Want to join me on a Cuba, Caymans, and Haiti cruise Dec 9-17?”

  1. My mom did RC cruise last month from NYC to Montreal, Internet was $23/day per device. Mostly she used free wifi from coffee shops at the ports they visited.

  2. I’ve been to Labadee twice, it’s lovely. Try the zip line!

    On one of my visits a guy I know actually did pass through “real Haiti” to re-board our ship at Labadee after having been left behind. So it is *possible* to see “real Haiti” and Labadee on the same trip, but it’s…not common. You should read this – it’s entertaining. And hopefully won’t come in handy, but you never know…

    http://gavinverhey.tumblr.com/post/111287496771/the-time-i-fell-down-a-volcano

  3. anon: $23/day per device sounds like a lot compared to what we pay for home broadband, but consider what the airlines that charge for Internet charge per hour. The challenge of delivering this service is similar, I think. And if you need the Internet for work, the $23/day shouldn’t be a big deal since that is less than $1/hour and, absent exploitation, everyone should be making at least $15/hour for working!

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