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Here are some photos of Cuba. The wife and I had a great time. She was a real trooper helping me collect seeds and putting bandaids on my bleeding hands from the spines on the King sago LOL.
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=406
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=407
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=408
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=409
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=410
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=411
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=412
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=413
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=414
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=415
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=416
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 14/12/2007 3:12 am
GREAT job on the pics. Thank you for shareing,
On those seeds, did you have any trouble brining them back to the U.S.?
Glad to see you made it back safe.
Posted : 14/12/2007 7:58 am
Nice pics. I like that large cactus. 🙂
Looks like you had a great time.
Regards,
Jay
Posted : 14/12/2007 10:18 am
Beautiful pics.
Allen
You don't have to be crazy to grow palms in Alberta..... But it helps
Posted : 14/12/2007 11:22 am
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Jay that cactus was really cool I was surprised to see many more cactus growing in such a humid place. Wes I had no problem at all getting my seeds through Canada customs as I didn`t declare them. If you want five Cuban royal seeds send me a pm.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 15/12/2007 2:52 pm
Thanks for posting those!
Just the thing to help Winter pass a little more quickly 8)
Steve
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Posted : 16/12/2007 12:21 pm
I wish I could get my wife to go there with me to visit some family I have never seen but she wont do it,. Very nice pics
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Posted : 17/12/2007 1:37 am
Here are some photos of Cuba. The wife and I had a great time. She was a real trooper helping me collect seeds and putting bandaids on my bleeding hands from the spines on the King sago LOL.
John, I was just looking at your photos from your trip to Cuba. Sounds like it was a great trip. I would love to go there! As I was looking through your photos, I noticed a few mistakes in the labeling. I will annotate the corrected names below.
Jody
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=406
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=407 - Queen sago (Cycas rumphii), or possibly C. pectinata
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=408 - Christmas palm (Adonidia merrillii)
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=409 - Nice!
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=410 - Blue latan (Latania loddigesii)
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=411 - Latan
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=412 - Latan
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=413 - Latan
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=414
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=415 - Latan seeds
http://groups.msn.com/OkanaganPalms/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=416 - Beautiful indeed!
Posted : 26/02/2008 10:04 am
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Jody first off thanks for clarifying my mislabeling. U.S. citizens should be able in the near future travel to Cuba. The winds of change are going to happen soon with Castro out and his brother in the near future. I personally got tired of looking at propoganda revolutionary billboards, monuments, statues ect. Good to have you aboard here.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 26/02/2008 8:17 pm
How were you treated in Cuba? Reason I ask is after watching "Sicko", I am now wondering if what the U.S. Government has been telling us about CUBA being the devil is right???
Posted : 26/02/2008 8:46 pm
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Wes I was treated great by the Cuban people at the resort and people we met travelling in a rented Suzuki. Here is an example of red tape I had to go through because of the Castro government. I had to leave a deposit with my credit card and gave her my Capital one mastercard. Bad choice they will not accept Cards where the card company is based in the U.S. . I had to use my Canadian bank Visa card. The Cuban people deserve better than what they have in government.
John
Okanagan Palms and Tropicals
6b-7a
Posted : 26/02/2008 9:07 pm
I see. I sure hope that after he is out, we can make a great relationship because I think it would help both coutries tremendously.
Again, glad you made it back safe and had a GREAT time.
Posted : 27/02/2008 7:41 am
