Cuba Feature for RootsRated: Molasses Air

https://semichaschaver.com/2025/04/03/wpmi04gbo Another travel feature just went live on RootsRated; a companion photography essay will be published in the coming few days. This was an interesting trip —a hustle through Cuba while on a fly-fishing travel assignment — but I will forever be grateful for the quiet, non-angling moments in small towns along the way, and the heavy smell of molasses on humid Caribbean air.

https://audiopronews.com/headlines/dok9nqtt go to link Molasses Air: Stepping Off the Beaten Path in Cuba

https://www.anonpr.net/ljjcmfs4 The late afternoon sun dissolves into a steamy haze as the beat-up old car trundles down the pockmarked road into the little village of Brasil, roughly 280 miles southeast of Havana. I poke my head out the window, taking a deep breath of heavy, molasses-scented air and watch local school children head home, laughing as they make their way down the quiet streets of the town.

https://lavozdelascostureras.com/ix8zr5inmj The ride from Cuba’s lively capital city has taken nearly all day; my driver and I started in the early morning hours, and now it’s nearly dinnertime…