Nike, I am glad you have an opportunity to go to Cuba, you cannot imagine how many of us want to know what is there. Your trip still seems kind of like a wonderland tour looking through the US past with the vehicles, but seeing the poverty or just the environment that the Cubans live in is just astonishing. Thank you for sharing, I cannot to see more!
Love Cuba since as Canadians we have been able to travel to Cuba quite freely unlike our USA cousins...who are just discovering Cuba's beauty now. Our daughter actually married a Cuban/Canadian and we have our selves traveled there a few times and loved it! Thanks for sharing all your travels, we love following you!
Really really really really REALLY excellent adventure. I could damn near smell the tobacco, and the entrance to that cave was right out of Indiana Jones. Thanks for having so much fun.
Que gusto escucharte hablar español Nike, lo hablas muy bien! Acabo de estar en Cuba hace algunas semanas y volví encantado con la isla. La Habana espectacular, seguramente volveré y especialmente para recorrer otras zonas de Cuba como son las que estás recorriendo ahora. Saludos de un navegante valdiviano, sur de Chile
Hi. I just discovered your channel . I was born in Cuba . really close to where ypu recorded this video. I will tell you that you have made a really good video here .and is also really accurate. I know this is old but keep up the good work . Im impressed.
It's not the destination, it's the journey. There are far more interesting stories about getting lost than following a guide. Great choice! That's how my my wife and I are. Although, as a geek, I would have had my hand held GPS with me and a marker where I started. :-) But in my opinion, one is only lost if one can't find their way back. Having a rough idea of the area is often more than enough, as you proved. Thanks for sharing!
I'm falling in love with you Nike (not in that way). The bit at 2:58 "Give it to me baby!" cracked me up so bad. Hahaha. You're not only smart, brave, gorgeous, and sweet but funny as hell. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure with us. Please be safe. Take good care.
Another great video Nike! I love your focus on local culture versus touristy stuff. What a tremendous asset your fluency in Spanish eh? Sorry to hear of your engine troubles, hope that works itself out and you continue your voyage of discovery. "Give it to me, Baby" cracked me up, LOL
nice video! Always liked your adventures but this had to be the best in all categories . Video, scenery , and your great interest in your surroundings. Cheers and keep it going!
Nice to hear your parents are visiting, they must be proud! We are headed for Cuba for a 3 month cruise this December, spending most of the time along the south coast... Enjoyed watching your land trips especially this last one ... looking forward to the next one on Havana... couldn't really tell if you enjoyed the cigar? love your spirit.
Hey Jamie, the cigar was actually quite nice. They dip it into honey before you smoke it which gave it a really nice flavour. We finished the cigar at night with a Mojito, that was defenitely better than smoking in that hot hut, though. But I am not a massive cigar lover I have to admit. I was more for the moment of being in Cuba u need to have a Cuban Cigar and some Cuban Rum :) I still have some on Karl, but have only touched them once since Cuba. Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Great we missed you The tobacco plantation was very educational Thanks In New England we are pulling boats for the up coming winter and we need water badly up here. The water level is very low
Hi Nike! Looks like you're having a great time! We'll be sailing around Cuba in a few more months. Glad to see a taste of what's in store. Cheers from Haiti :)
Bravo Nike!! This is by far my favorite video. Very Beautiful country. It's a very interesting and informative video.....and as always you look totally gorgeous😊 A great end for my evening. I'm happy now. Thanks Nike....
Nike I have been to Cuba twice about 25 years ago, we toured around a bit but were more concerned about buying up the Cuban liquor business, one drink at a time.
Nice video especially the tobacco farming, interesting that the government takes 90% of production probably at a fixed price to manufacture cigars for export along with a wonderful profit margin. The steering wheel on the taxi was almost a big as the boats Karl's helm. Looking forward to the next instalment thanks for sharing.
Amazing trip with interesting stories..The tobacco and pineaples fields are the same as in Indonesia, farmers work for a private or a state owned company.
Kind of worried about Niki and Karl. No blogs since the hurricane in Cuba. Hope you are both OK. Never the less would like a blog on what must have been a huge adventure. All the best.
Hey Vahn, sorry for the worry. The videos are some months behind, I have already left the Caribbean and Karl is safely in the Pacific. I am currently doing some land travel in Colombia and did not bring my Computer (did not fit in the bag...but did bring my cameras ;)) and therefore it is hard to revise the videos and do the speaking from the off to finish the episodes. We hope to be back on regular weekly postings soon... Ahoy, Nike & Karl P.S. For real time postings, you can always check facebook.com/whitespotpirates. It's free to the public, so u don't have to be a member to see the postings. If u are signed up to facebook, I am always happy about a new "like" for the page and u will get automatic updates about Karl and my whereabouts.
oh man, I had such a laugh when I saw that. I don't even know why I thought it was some stuff that was painted prehistorically....guess I did not read the guidebook well. But it was a great hike afterall.... Ahoy, Nike & Karl
At 8:24 the way your hoodie sat looked enough like the head dress seen on the virgin Mary in so many Catholic artists' renderings. Now I won't be able to go into into a Catholic Church, without half expecting to see on one of the painted windows a depiction of the virgin Mary celebrating that her ordeal is over with a big fat cigar. Now the next time I step into a Catholic Church I'll never be able to keep a straight face. Hehehehehe.
You looked so funny smoking that huge spliff of tobacco. The wild life & that huge flowers that are all around are so cool. but that eye sore O" i mean the painting? maybe to some people it is art, but to me it looked like a plane with paint had crashed into the face of the rock? to me the cave was more interesting bit of history,, Awsome video
What are four Kms in sandals? And then four back the other way? Estan locas! No hand held GPS? Pobrecito del caballo. That taxi looks like my grandmother's old car.
Haha, well, they were pretty much obviously a tourist group...and since we were lost I thought they might be able to tell us where to go :). Anna thought it was not the best of all ideas, either, and I think she was happy when we were back out of that cave...But at least we knew where to go after that. Ahoy, Nike & Karl
I thought 10:20 was the funniest thing, you and Anna were talking in Spanish just before this and all of a sudden, out of surprise, you see the pig, you talk in Deutsche. :'D
hehe, well, we usually speak German with each other...but I talked Spanish with the tobacco guy before, that's true. This episode was a bit of a language mix ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl
What a great update - with the exception of one thing. If you are going to ride in a car in Cuba, you really need to get the make and model of that car. The rest of us really want to know!
That was a sweet ass Taxi ! I don't know what it was though:) I love all the old cars still rolling around! There are probably many one of a kind sole survivors there.
Hey Niki, if some do not understand that this is not live, so be it. It seems to upset you that some attacked you in the earlier episodes. Let that go. I enjoy your vids.
There is internet in big hotels and on main plazas usually. You can buy little cards of an hour or five hours, it will cost you 2 dollars an hour and then you can log in with those cards. BUT...the cards are often sold out or u have to stand in line for an hour or two to get them ;) So it's not really internet heaven, but you do get some internet here and there. Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Hey Charley, hm, not sure, guess I would have to ask someone that is a native speaker. They are usually surprised when I say that I am German...but they have put me in all sorts of countries...so it seems that there is no clear accent at least but just a massive mix up ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl
+James Gardner No, you are wrong there. You don't live at the level of someone that lives at the level to have to or need to work at a McDonald's. They could be where they need that job to stay alive and feed themselves and not have the luxury to just "quit any time".
you need to do some research on the rout from camera to x to y to z to etc. to your monitor. also she has a personal life...such as fixing things, etc. etc.
hallo nike, ich habe eine Reinke in Aussicht, ist nur der Casio aber ich überlege es mir schon, würdest du nochmals eine Alu Reinke kaufen? kannst du mir auf meine mail antworten? roman61gmail.com lg....rom
Great Vid. "...the Government takes 90% of the harvest..." Yeah, isn't socialistic Communism GREAT?!!!!! @_@ One wonders if the "Government" absorbs 90% of the Costs as well.
hehe, well, Anna said the same...she was like..."what...??" And I thought, well, I guess they know what they are doing, right? And we did find the way out...well, they did ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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What a beautiful place, thanks for sharing!
Nike, I am glad you have an opportunity to go to Cuba, you cannot imagine how many of us want to know what is there. Your trip still seems kind of like a wonderland tour looking through the US past with the vehicles, but seeing the poverty or just the environment that the Cubans live in is just astonishing. Thank you for sharing, I cannot to see more!
What a beautiful place. I wish we weren't so commercial and still cared for eachother.
Love Cuba since as Canadians we have been able to travel to Cuba quite freely unlike our USA cousins...who are just discovering Cuba's beauty now. Our daughter actually married a Cuban/Canadian and we have our selves traveled there a few times and loved it! Thanks for sharing all your travels, we love following you!
Really really really really REALLY excellent adventure. I could damn near smell the tobacco, and the entrance to that cave was right out of Indiana Jones. Thanks for having so much fun.
Incredible looking place..
Que gusto escucharte hablar español Nike, lo hablas muy bien! Acabo de estar en Cuba hace algunas semanas y volví encantado con la isla. La Habana espectacular, seguramente volveré y especialmente para recorrer otras zonas de Cuba como son las que estás recorriendo ahora. Saludos de un navegante valdiviano, sur de Chile
Hi. I just discovered your channel . I was born in Cuba . really close to where ypu recorded this video. I will tell you that you have made a really good video here .and is also really accurate. I know this is old but keep up the good work . Im impressed.
Thank you for video I enjoyed view your visit in the valley and talking to peoples there.
amazing showcase of this tobacco growing area of Cuba. So many new places you make me want to go visit.
Great episode! Cool cave and Thanks for sharing!
It's not the destination, it's the journey. There are far more interesting stories about getting lost than following a guide. Great choice!
That's how my my wife and I are. Although, as a geek, I would have had my hand held GPS with me and a marker where I started. :-)
But in my opinion, one is only lost if one can't find their way back. Having a rough idea of the area is often more than enough, as you proved.
Thanks for sharing!
I respect your nose for adventure AND like your personality as the adventure unfolds.
wavesfromSeattle
I'm falling in love with you Nike (not in that way). The bit at 2:58 "Give it to me baby!" cracked me up so bad. Hahaha. You're not only smart, brave, gorgeous, and sweet but funny as hell. Thanks so much for sharing your adventure with us. Please be safe. Take good care.
Another lovely video.Looks like you;re having fun.
best channel out there thnks for the ride
I really enjoy how you truly take us to this beautiful place with your camera and narration! Thank you so much!
Another great video Nike! I love your focus on local culture versus touristy stuff. What a tremendous asset your fluency in Spanish eh? Sorry to hear of your engine troubles, hope that works itself out and you continue your voyage of discovery. "Give it to me, Baby" cracked me up, LOL
Just love you and your show ,keep it going , thanks jim
Wonderful pictures. I love the animal shots!
Best episode yet!
@ 2:58 - "Give it to me baby!" I was laughing out loud.
Oh and shame on you Nike! LOL
nice video! Always liked your adventures but this had to be the best in all categories . Video, scenery , and your great interest in your surroundings. Cheers and keep it going!
Nice to hear your parents are visiting, they must be proud! We are headed for Cuba for a 3 month cruise this December, spending most of the time along the south coast... Enjoyed watching your land trips especially this last one ... looking forward to the next one on Havana... couldn't really tell if you enjoyed the cigar?
love your spirit.
Hey Jamie, the cigar was actually quite nice. They dip it into honey before you smoke it which gave it a really nice flavour. We finished the cigar at night with a Mojito, that was defenitely better than smoking in that hot hut, though. But I am not a massive cigar lover I have to admit. I was more for the moment of being in Cuba u need to have a Cuban Cigar and some Cuban Rum :) I still have some on Karl, but have only touched them once since Cuba.
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Great video once again and congratulations on reaching 50 videos in Season II.
good tunes and I hope to be sailing to Cuba soon its' on my bucket list. Wonderful video
Great we missed you The tobacco plantation was very educational Thanks
In New England we are pulling boats for the up coming winter and we need water badly up here. The water level is very low
Hi Nike! Looks like you're having a great time! We'll be sailing around Cuba in a few more months. Glad to see a taste of what's in store. Cheers from Haiti :)
Bravo Nike!! This is by far my favorite video. Very Beautiful country. It's a very interesting and informative video.....and as always you look totally gorgeous😊 A great end for my evening. I'm happy now.
Thanks Nike....
Beautiful island. Warm climate year round. Like my island home of Guam! Love your wonderful videos, thanks from Alabama!
Great video!
Nike I have been to Cuba twice about 25 years ago, we toured around a bit but were more concerned about buying up the Cuban liquor business, one drink at a time.
Nice video especially the tobacco farming, interesting that the government takes 90% of production probably at a fixed price to manufacture cigars for export along with a wonderful profit margin. The steering wheel on the taxi was almost a big as the boats Karl's helm. Looking forward to the next instalment thanks for sharing.
Well done.
wow pretty awesome nike
I enjoyed that!
I love Cuba. :) :)
Amazing trip with interesting stories..The tobacco and pineaples fields are the same as in Indonesia, farmers work for a private or a state owned company.
Kind of worried about Niki and Karl. No blogs since the hurricane in Cuba. Hope you are both OK. Never the less would like a blog on what must have been a huge adventure.
All the best.
Hey Vahn, sorry for the worry. The videos are some months behind, I have already left the Caribbean and Karl is safely in the Pacific. I am currently doing some land travel in Colombia and did not bring my Computer (did not fit in the bag...but did bring my cameras ;)) and therefore it is hard to revise the videos and do the speaking from the off to finish the episodes. We hope to be back on regular weekly postings soon...
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
P.S. For real time postings, you can always check facebook.com/whitespotpirates. It's free to the public, so u don't have to be a member to see the postings. If u are signed up to facebook, I am always happy about a new "like" for the page and u will get automatic updates about Karl and my whereabouts.
Thank you for the nice vlog; you make my life better.
John The Limo Driver in Kansas city USA
The prehistoric cliff painting had me cracking up. Either way looked link a good hike.
oh man, I had such a laugh when I saw that. I don't even know why I thought it was some stuff that was painted prehistorically....guess I did not read the guidebook well. But it was a great hike afterall....
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Some great scenes of Cuban rural life which I have not seen before. I wonder if you enjoyed smoking the cigar?
At 8:24 the way your hoodie sat looked enough like the head dress seen on the virgin Mary in so many Catholic artists' renderings. Now I won't be able to go into into a Catholic Church, without half expecting to see on one of the painted windows a depiction of the virgin Mary celebrating that her ordeal is over with a big fat cigar. Now the next time I step into a Catholic Church I'll never be able to keep a straight face. Hehehehehe.
That prehistoric wall... 😁🤩😉
You looked so funny smoking that huge spliff of tobacco. The wild life & that huge flowers that are all around are so cool. but that eye sore O" i mean the painting? maybe to some people it is art, but to me it looked like a plane with paint had crashed into the face of the rock? to me the cave was more interesting bit of history,, Awsome video
i have to work on my Spanish. great episode. I love the schwein.
Can you mail a few of those cigars my way in the USA? I haven't had a true Cuban Cigar since working in Morocco in the early 80's. Love your videos.
What are four Kms in sandals? And then four back the other way? Estan locas! No hand held GPS? Pobrecito del caballo. That taxi looks like my grandmother's old car.
I've seen on other channels that they take Patrions out sailing, but only for a day or two.
Just love your videos. When I go online it's the first thing I look for. How do you like Cuba's rum ? l've only seen Cuba from 30,000 feet.
Hey Troy, I LOVE Cuban rum :) Did take a bottle or two with me...but they are already gone...
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
"Where are lost.... let's follow these strangers into a dark cave".
Haha, well, they were pretty much obviously a tourist group...and since we were lost I thought they might be able to tell us where to go :). Anna thought it was not the best of all ideas, either, and I think she was happy when we were back out of that cave...But at least we knew where to go after that.
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Sometimes that makes you dead. I tip my hat to ya. Good luck.
I thought 10:20 was the funniest thing, you and Anna were talking in Spanish just before this and all of a sudden, out of surprise, you see the pig, you talk in Deutsche. :'D
hehe, well, we usually speak German with each other...but I talked Spanish with the tobacco guy before, that's true. This episode was a bit of a language mix ;)
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Slowly trying to catch up with your journey!
What a great update - with the exception of one thing. If you are going to ride in a car in Cuba, you really need to get the make and model of that car. The rest of us really want to know!
hm, good question. I don't really know much about cars, but maybe someone here will be able to tell what that beauty was...?
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
That was a sweet ass Taxi ! I don't know what it was though:) I love all the old cars still rolling around! There are probably many one of a kind sole survivors there.
The last one she road in was a Cadillac
The pig popping out made me laugh.
Me too. Both she and Anna were talking in Spanish just seconds earlier then she sees the pig and comes out with a word in Deutsche. :'D
I'm very jealous, I wanna try some of that tobacco! :)
You guys and cigars crack me up. 🤣
befor leaving karl have you treated the propeller with any special antifowlant ?
That looks really cool. Is it cheap to eat and drink in Cuba? Any marinas there?
Hey Niki, if some do not understand that this is not live, so be it. It seems to upset you that some attacked you in the earlier episodes. Let that go. I enjoy your vids.
Hope you're safe and sound and Matthew is not messing with you, your plans or Karl. Although who knows ... you may be in Germany by now 😉
Hi Eddie, Matthew is not messing with me, no. Karl and me are safe and sound in the Pacific right now.
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Ah those were poppies tambien
Were you able to get internet in Cuba?
There is internet in big hotels and on main plazas usually. You can buy little cards of an hour or five hours, it will cost you 2 dollars an hour and then you can log in with those cards. BUT...the cards are often sold out or u have to stand in line for an hour or two to get them ;) So it's not really internet heaven, but you do get some internet here and there.
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
Do you have more of a German or English accent when you speak Spanish? (Your English is virtually accent free.)
Hey Charley, hm, not sure, guess I would have to ask someone that is a native speaker. They are usually surprised when I say that I am German...but they have put me in all sorts of countries...so it seems that there is no clear accent at least but just a massive mix up ;)
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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Your click bait photo looks very interesting ! ;D
#2:57 😂😍😜👍
hoping your ok with matthew :(
Hey Peter, I was in Cuba in April, so no worries. I am on the Pacific Coast of Panama right now.
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
The only good part of growing tobacco is cashing the check!
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give it to me baby......so not right ;)
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90% for the government & 10% for the farmer. Wow slavery does still exist. What a shame.
Yes it does. In McDonalds, where burger flippers get something like 5%.
Burger flippers don't own the restaurant, and can quit any time. Big difference.
James Gardner How do you know this farmer owns the farm? And probably he can quit his job too and do something else.
+James Gardner No, you are wrong there. You don't live at the level of someone that lives at the level to have to or need to work at a McDonald's. They could be where they need that job to stay alive and feed themselves and not have the luxury to just "quit any time".
As always, rauchen heiss.
lol. ask the tax
This is footage from April! you need to get a move on with the videos young lady :)
you need to do some research on the rout from camera to x to y to z to etc. to your monitor. also she has a personal life...such as fixing things, etc. etc.
Was I the only one that saw the poppies growing? I guess if you have to give the government 90.% of your income you need something to eaze the pain.
Not the kind of poppies you're insinuating. More like thistles.
hallo nike, ich habe eine Reinke in Aussicht, ist nur der Casio aber ich überlege es mir schon, würdest du nochmals eine Alu Reinke kaufen?
kannst du mir auf meine mail antworten?
roman61gmail.com
lg....rom
looks too hot for me thare
Great Vid. "...the Government takes 90% of the harvest..." Yeah, isn't socialistic Communism GREAT?!!!!! @_@ One wonders if the "Government" absorbs 90% of the Costs as well.
Just blindly following people into a cave- lol. What!!!!
hehe, well, Anna said the same...she was like..."what...??" And I thought, well, I guess they know what they are doing, right? And we did find the way out...well, they did ;)
Ahoy, Nike & Karl
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