Cuba: The Past is Living Now

[@elchegui1-oakspg4]

Amazing beautiful aventura , with you 100%

[@cyruscohen666]

thank you for documenting this

[@wolfschneider4838]

A beautifully done documentary and film. What a story your film has shown the world. Governments can invent systems but the soul of human beings shines forth and your film has shown just that condition. Thanks so much to you all for a great film and story.

[@brucenairn3869]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@aprile271]

great video . thank you good sailing

[@umavathiuma8335]

Thank you uploading this video beautiful memory

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@puddinheadsmith3316]

I sailed into the south of Cuba (Cayo Largo) aboard a Danish schooner in 1996, from there to Trinidad. Speaking some Spanish helped a lot to understand her people and their way of life. This is an excellent video to give you a slice of Cuban life and get a feel for the great Cuban soul and spirit. Go now to Cuba if you can and enjoy the innocence and genuine friendliness of her great folk.

[@raulpendas1401]

You saw what a difference system of government does to society, I am glad that you did this video. I hope that one day to go back to my county. For now God Bless America and the Cuban People.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you so much for watching and for commenting. I hope to return soon too.

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you for watching! I'm the videographer, editor, narrator. I did go back twice more! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3LIqGmlgpySj6s, kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoa3eap8qq1niLs

[@AuntLizzie]

We loved Cuba in 2003. Finding somewhere to eat led me to using one of my pockets for leftover food to provide a snack for later. Music was wonderful, old buildings gorgeous even tho' badly in need of TLC. Would love to go there again - if COVID ever ends.

[@patriciakranbuhl298]

Just finished viewing this and enjoyed immensely! I visited Cuba in 2016 and left with a great respect for The people of Cuba.....friendly, generous, kind! Thank you for this visual reminder.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@bigben1986]

the photos of the children are beautiful ............ I just got emotional. thank you, thank you soooooooo much

[@gehlen52]

Glad I took the time to watch this, great video.

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@gehlen52]

@@ashleylove514 Your welcome, Happy Thanksgiving.

[@waltervieira1803]

ENJOYED WATCHING CUBA THRU YOU GUYS!!

[@davidortega357]

You fellas. Made unexelent video about cuban culture loved it hola

[@carlosacta8726]

Great documentary! A pleasure to watch!

[@justin01144]

Ive met someone who lives in Havana, weve fallen in love, as soon as this outbreak is over I will be in Havana. I never thought I would fall in love with someone that didnt live in my town much less my country. They are such amazing people, not tarnished like the rest of the world.

[@RicardoMartinez-jy5lo]

I stayed one month in Cuba two years ago. Standing near the old Spanish fort and seeing hundreds of American Fifties' cars running felt like being in the middle of an old Hollywood movie.

[@mrcart497]

Amazing Documentary! I was in Cuba 09/2019 and had similar experiences there. People were Great, made a few Friends, plan to go back soon!!!

[@Acteaon]

I was there in August that same year. Prior to that was in Jan 2016

[@jainayak666]

This is an amazing journey. I felt such a deep connection with the Cuban people even though I've never been there and nor am I remotely Cuban. I'm an Indian. I almost wanted to reach in and be there .. and hug them! Reminds me of the times I'd be visiting my grandfather in Kharagpur, West Bengal for my summer vacations.

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! That is what we were hoping to achieve. A connection. (Narrator/videographer/editor here).

[@steve8450]

indian, cuban, whats the difference......both brown third worlders

[@luissmith8559]

Just read: I am going to talk about the blockade of the Castro dictatorship to the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The only blockade is the one that does not allow blacks to walk the streets of Cuba without being arrested 2 and 3 times a day, the blockade of the more than 100,000 Afro-Cubans in the 229 maximum and medium security prisons, and the 5 ,000 forced labor camps in the hands of the racist Cuban generals. In a country with a 65% black majority, all civil servants, ministers and generals are white. The blockade of the dictatorship that pays in Cuban pesos and sells basic necessities in foreign currencies, in the stores of the military monopoly (GAESA), managed by the generals and the white racists of the central committee of the communist party. The blockade of freedom of expression, the freedom of all means of communication, multiparty elections, freedom of association, freedom of parties. More than a thousand political prisoners, mostly Afro-Cubans. (among which are the 2 black leaders of the opposition in Cubana "Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maikel Castillo Pérez": winners of 2 Latin Gramis awards). The blockade that takes away the crops of Cuban peasants, the blockade of hospitals for tourists, the blockade that prohibits Cubans from being entrepreneurs in their own country, the blockade on imports from relatives who live abroad, the blockade on Cubans who are prohibited from fishing in the seas of their own nation, the blockade against Cubans who do not let them enter their own country and their own house just for demonstrating on social networks, the blockade of electricity that the dictatorship (in 63 years it never made capital repairs to the 8 power plants that electrify Cuba), the Blockade that evicts peasants from their homes and those who live around the cities. The blockade of the military that sells international donations in their supermarkets in dollars for the Cuban people, the blockade of the Castro dictatorship to eat, the blockade of drinking water, the blockade of the Communist party to hospitals with hygiene, medicine and medical materials of quality (conditions that are excessive in hospitals, only for leaders of the communist party and complicit tourists. Like the "SIMEX" hospital and the "Cira García"). The blockage to the morale of a people who have to steal to cover their slightest need or simply eat. We Cubans have been fleeing Cuba for 63 years from Apartheid, state terrorism and the permanent famine produced by communism. There are Cuban communities even in Ukraine, Yemen, Greenland, in the Sahara and in Antarctica. We Cubans stayed in the first country that the Plane landed. It does not matter if there is war, terrorism or pandemics. Any place in the Galaxy is better than Cuba, you will not die of hunger, State terrorism or apartheid like in Cuba.

[@Aengus42]

Thank you! From someone in the UK who once learned these lessons after a month on Salisbury Plain in 1984 but who appreciated being reminded once again. Beautifully shot with a wicked eye! Thank you!

[@isabeltabares7474]

Even though we left Cuba when I was 5 m always nostalgic about it. It makes me sad but whenever I have been there not having any family that I know of I still feel at home. Great documentary. God job!

[@garrethmoroney285]

Wow it was good to see Cuba again I was there 3 times in the 90's and I recognised a few places thank you for the tour.

[@altancengiz7109]

Some scenes are awesome. It tells life perfectly in Cuba. People and life really beautiful. Thank u guys...

[@chichimbelproduktion177]

Thanks for this video I am a Cuban and I admire myself as people like you, simple and humble, share with Cubans, I am very grateful for you, I wish you a lot of health

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@d.robert998]

Very, very nice, Ashley. Extremely well done, mostly well filmed, and infused with surprising wisdom for someone who’s only ever heard you comment on Wednesday Night Races! Congratulations. Dominique from France.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching, Dominique from France!

[@artyox5100]

GREAT CREW...Wish you all well!

[@ramble16]

I have been waiting for this to go public! YES.

[@cubaloco2011]

nice film about my people.thankyou very much my respet for you

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Muchas gracias por mirar!

[@MrBrooks-zd7ig]

No place I would want to live GOD bless America 🎉

[@bouyant8659]

Fantastic video.. thank you for sharing

[@ronniemccullough1969]

PROBABLY the best down to earth video I’ve seen about Cuba 🇨🇺!! Would love to see more especially your interactions with the folks of 🇨🇺

[@taqimunassar4242]

This documentary is full of life, adventure and soul. Salute to you and the two young souls with you :)

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@HERBALNATUMAN1]

Bull shit you know shit about that crap, my family is dying there.

[@VeganV5912]

@@T2PTVSailingOnDemand That’s why I’m vegan ✅❤️💪😬🦷😉. Behavioural ‘Omnivores’, is a heart attack and cancer and high bIood pressure, fat deposits cIog the arteries everywhere, Li👇imp🧟‍♂️🦠🍖🔴Di🤭ick eating Cooorpses 🛏💔🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️ .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXyap3mImKdros0 .. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp67qqF6gdCVjrs 😂🤣😂😂. Over a 5 minute burger or chicken or eggs etc. CuIt🔴foIIowing !!!! Meat🦠fIake !! Caveman !!!🙄. Put the knife down Pssychooo 🧟‍♂️🔪🦠🍳🍗🍖..🔴... ZombieCaaannibaI !!!!

[@VeganV5912]

@@T2PTVSailingOnDemand , .. TimeIapse pig carcasses. 6-10 days in your stomach puuutrefying 🤮. Deodorant mask the symptoms but you still smell bad in your feet and shoes and socks 🔴🍖🦠🧟‍♂️🥾🦶🧦, 🧟‍♂️💩🚽🤮🤮🤮. No Fibre. PH 4, hard arteries.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKe2i4ejjLepjrs .. Vegans they don’t smell, because lots of fibre if you eat plants and fruit and nuts and berries and tubers and lentiIs beans and potatoes etc. Lots of fibre !! PH 7-10. Smooth arteries. ToiIet ✅❤️💩🚽😉 neutral. And you get bigger and stronger and fitter when you go plant based. No fat deposits because fat deposits is animals and cheese and fish etc.

[@VeganV5912]

@@T2PTVSailingOnDemand . But the Americans bIockade Cubans. The other way round. Poor Cubans. The Americans were guiIty 🇺🇸👎

[@alfredoloyola921]

Very good document about the island of. Cuba. The country that I was born. Thank you!!!

[@jeffjameskorsing1890]

Absolutely amazing documentry!!

[@slayerdkuban7049]

Great documentary thank I visited one of this sailboat back in 1994 in my way from Cuba to USA as a rafter they helped us gave us a map and all that stuff bless them for that.

[@BecomeAWebDev]

In around minute 30:00 to 35:00 i really learned a lot. Most videos don't want to let on how impoverished the place is, good job

[@nicaxiv14jd]

This was one of the best documentary video of Cuba from start to the end it must have been a great experience to travel by sail boat I like the video because it has tips and information for future Travelers to Cuba thank you for sharing your video God bless you..

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching! Bon voyage!

[@rossmorebaz]

Honestly .. wow .. just wow you Guys ! ...this video was amazing ... so informative and just extremely interesting ... i really really enjoyed watching and as someone who spent a month in Cuba a few years back .... a really good summary of some of the problems that Cubans face each day .. Thanks so much X

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@bennettstephenson9090]

Cubans love their music

[@laotanlao5153]

The BEST DOCUMENTARY ❤ THIS 3 CREW SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER 1 A FILM IN 🇨🇺 CUBA ❤ AGAIN * I WATCHED THIS DOCUMENTARY MANY TIMES & LOVE IT & WATCH 📺 IT OVER & OVER 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 CUBA IS A FANTASTIC FANTASY PLACE ; BEST DOCUMENTARY ❤

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Ashley sailed there twice more! Check them out: "Sailing into Cuban History" and "Sailing Regatta to Cuba - Conch Republic Cup 2017" Check 'em out!

[@alicesession4568]

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed this.

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@latengocomoburro]

Thank you for telling the truth, and not repeating the lying narrative of the Cuban government as other ignorant KZbinrs do. (From a Cuban)

[@ramble16]

Agreed

[@jamesmccabe8024]

Very well done for a documentary shot by two people, you covered your adventure incredibly well and told a great story with respect and passion. The three of you should do more.

[@zenoyogo]

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[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@TerryB751]

Great video and a wonderful travelogue to an island most of us will never visit.

[@ireneruggeri6604]

I loved the documentary and most of all, the guys you were with ♥️ thank you

[@dmimz7691]

Great documentary, what a splendid way to see an island rich with history…

[@binacawahaca9406]

What a lovely documentary❤️

[@JohnDoe-vq8bg]

You brought me joy, thank you.

[@kidsperspectivefamilytrave9184]

Great story. I love Havana and look forward to a return trip to Cuba sometime in the future.

[@jennifermontgomery814]

What a wonderful film:) I've visited Cuba 3x but not to the places you shared. I love seeing the experience from the water. What an amazing adventure :)

[@bennettstephenson9090]

Cubans love their music. i actually like one of the old one compay sugundo.is music is great!

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Wish you could still get there by boat. That is the way to do it.

[@jcubano2003]

Priceless good job .love it

[@atocox166]

What a different approach to covering Cuba.Despite the frankness expressed at conditions , I liked it and found myself watching all the way.Strangely, I wanted to hear more of that fluent English speaking guy at around 50:00.Perhaps because he's a rarity.

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! Yes, that gentleman was so well-spoken. We decided to name the whole documentary after something he said completely off the cuff "the Past is Living Now".... (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@rlecocq1515]

Very very well done.Your Cuba observations are bang on.Well documented and well said.This was a pleasure to watch to say the least.Thank you for all the effort. Cheers

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting!

[@rowlandh25]

I miss my Beautiful Island. Thank you

[@Raul-re7sx]

What an excellent video. Thanks!

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@jayp5865]

Thanks so much for such an excellent documentary. I have read and watched plenty about the Cuban people and visiting Cuba as I have wanted to sail there for many years. This is the best I've seen. I feel like I was right there with the three of you. In fact, I'm still wheezing from all the smoke in the small cabin! My 14-year-old son is sailing to Cuba in a couple of weeks on a sail training vessel. I'll make sure he sees this wonderful video first. The three of you should do more videos together! Thanks again.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Ashley here, thank you for watching and for the comment! I am really flattered and yes, the smoke was a bit much at times, but it really just added to their "characters", ha. Bon Voyage to your son.

[@palomahealing5073]

You dont know shit about Cuba!! You dont have a clue?

[@mariohernandez2465]

Gracias por todo (thanks for everything)

[@kenbogert4224]

You stoked my imagination. As an American living in Switzerland, I am truly privileged (economically). My (Greek) colleague took a trip to Cuba, but as an American, I never thought to go. As I grow older, I search for the possibility to slow down. In CH, we have a "slow food" movement which means that which is grown naturally (a 1 year-old Swiss Cheese holds much more flavor than the same variety that is 6 months old). But otherwise, we are increasingly pressured by an interconnected world (downward wage pressure). I love that you have responded to many of your commenters. I love the two old guys that you found to share your journey!! Really, in this time of Corona and Protest, was the best thing I've seen on KZbin this year. How do you climb the mast of that boat???? Thank you.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you so much for watching! Interesting to hear about your new-found culture. Yup, the two gentlemen were the ones who were kind enough to take me along, ha! Climbing the mast is easy. You sit in a harness (seat) and tie it to a halyard and have the boys hoist you like a sail. :-D

[@rdtcarlos]

I enjoyed your documentary greatly! Beautiful! Thanks!

[@harrylen1688]

Beautiful way of sailing to Cuba also make this very inspiring documentary :)

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@harrylen1688]

@@ashleylove514 Great work !Thank you so much!!

[@dalailama9132]

This is THE BEST DOCUMENTARY ❤

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@eyeamdust]

Very, very cool.

[@bullrunfast]

Great documentary! Very well put together. I like how you narrated and filmed your adventures. I dont think im brave enough to travel on the boat like that 😂😂😂

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! Having known Dave Dunigan like family and Duncan, it was an easy answer when they asked "you want come!?" (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@pulpviking4948]

Just simply amazing...I really like this one a lot!!! One day I will go there...:-)

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching! Go to Cuba for sure!

[@gotsteem]

Fascinating vlog. Thank you very much.

[@fah232]

Really good documentary.

[@exilesmith4729]

Wonderfully done

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@Borat911]

This was so amazing to watch !!! Cuba seems such a strange country to me and yet sometimes I dream about it. I can't believe she just took a small boat and went there.

[@user-sh2mk8ew4c]

There are a lot of guys building cars there. I HAVE GOT TO GO!!!

[@flguy71681]

Wonderful video! Proud to be Cuban 🇨🇺 Aché

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@paulhaye]

Fair, honest, beautiful. Thank you.

[@OakcliffSail]

This is super cool! Nicely done

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thanks for watching ;-)

[@kingdomofgarvin3432]

I'm from Trinidad and Tobago please visit Trinidad and Tobago one day love your video

[@andybelloland]

Wonderful documentary for those of us who love the sea and the people of Cuba. You showed a well balance blend of the positives and negatives of life in Cuba. Well done and God bless. BTW Matanzas which is right outside of Varadero has the largest natural harbour in the Caribbean and was once the favorite port for pirates looking for a hideout.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you!

[@hawaiiborn01]

Great documentary! I enjoyed it a lot.

[@chase7359]

WOW!! Thank you

[@PaulCareyaviation]

Excellent doc, love Cuba ♥️ THANK YOU!

[@JK-pf4um]

My wife and go every year for a mid winter vacation from Canada. We always bring things they need to use on a daily basis to try and bring them a little compation.

[@theTopsailChannel]

Great!

[@edwardprice140]

Todo mi amor al pueblo de Cuba.

[@edwinjustiniano2937]

great editing outstanding documentary

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you for watching!

[@rdtcarlos]

Beautiful sailboat! I had once a 23’ Catalina with swing keel. Smooth sailin ship! Nothing better than that! Oh, by the way, I’m Cuban 🇨🇺and I live in the great country of USA!

[@virgothegod7028]

Great episode. I left when I was 7. Now 40 and waiting for the day to set foot on my soil again. One day soon.

[@cbmelanjen4315]

one of the best vids I have seen.....

[@katygomez8620]

If you visit Cuba !!! Be single lady’s cause oh my gosh Cuban guys are soooo good looking 😍

[@CalledUntoHoliness]

Lol the children at 27:20 were so excited to be on camera! They were shouting "unos yumas" which is cuban lingo for "foreigners"....

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

WOW! Great to know!

[@AFSHomestead]

Wrong, only people from the US are called "Yumas"...the others are extranjero(s)

[@pangeaproxima9446]

@@AFSHomestead Well, at leat in Havana, they indeed call "yumas" to Americans and, as an extension, to all foreigners as well.

[@Logoned]

Thank you for sharing. This is the way I get to see my homeland. Communism has taught Cubans to cry in silence, while we sleep. As soon as the rooster crows, is time to put on a smile, sing and dance.

[@иосифквантов]

who was in the Caribbean can compare all the islanders are ,shall we say,lazy , in no particular hurry... in Cuba, poverty is not as bad as in other Communist-free countries in the region. From huge pluses: very developed medicine, it is available to all, in all these slums there is a duty doctor of high class. Many Cuban doctors work abroad for foreign currency. High engineering training-the same Cuban engineers in great demand in many countries.We can laugh at their food cards,but in other countries it is not and there really people are hungry. There are no starving people in Cuba. And let's not forget about sanctions: after all, now the US has simply banned all trade with Cuba, only China and Russia are not afraid..in recent years, Cubans live under constant pressure - but do not lose heart: the Communists do not allow people to completely disappear,if such severe sanctions would be in any other island,there would be a long time all rested. And Cubans are the most cheerful and positive people in the world. In addition, there is a complete lack of crime at the domestic level..safe at any time of the day. In Jamaica or Barbados in the evening it is better not to walk

[@ashleylove514]

Thank you so much for watching! (Narrator/videographer/editor here)

[@Logoned]

@@иосифквантов you don't know do you?

[@igoraugustusgonzalezchacin6062]

excellent, real tourism.. thank you

[@rowlandh25]

Loved it

[@leahmedeiros2029]

Thank You!

[@peterlafayette5595]

Loved it.

[@Swizzenator]

Congrats on a wonderful piece. I hope to be sailing there in the next year. I know Cuba will begin to change with the relaxation of the restrictions happening. And yes, sometimes you want to just get lost. I read you've been back several times. I hope you plan to do a part 2 or an update or whatever you would call it. Also your VO work was perfect. It's one thing to be born with a set of pipes but it's another to know how to use it properly. Would love to know the camera gear you used to film this. Thank you and cheers.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Wow, thank you so much for saying so! I grew up on the stage as an actress and singer and now I'm loving filmmaking, scripting and voice over work! I used a Canon XF 100 and a GoPro 3. - Ashley Love

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

There are two more trips to Cuba where I give an update on the goings on. Here is part 2! Part 3 will be live later today. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoa3eap8qq1niLs

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Ha, multiple responses going here. Here is part 3! Just went live yesterday: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3LIqGmlgpySj6s

[@kenbogert4224]

lovely adventure

[@rdtcarlos]

Awesome!

[@edilarteaga8215]

I'm a USA cuban American. This is a huge jump. So close but again so far to see our family.. next time u guys go I will hang with u. I be the chef. Not a problem. Lol

[@cyruscohen666]

I'm hoping soon to visit cuba

[@jn3673]

The shoe repairman @ 46:13 actually states that they are repairing shoes to “survive”. The older gentleman 51:29 keeps “vehicles” that don’t belong to the bank off the street. Not burglars.

[@T2PTVSailingOnDemand]

Thank you!

[@steve94044]

Is it possible to take the best things of Democracy and the Best things of Socialism and create a system that works and is fair to the people and the environment and everyone lives in harmony and peace? I hope for that someday.

[@briantrend6675]

steve ZZZzzz youre an indoctrinated idiot

[@petervanderwaart1138]

Xlnt writing. Well done.

[@lonniej5772]

Great documentary