I agree with you about china. I wish we did not trade with them at all. but the fact is they have enough of a economy to compete with us in markets around the world, cuba does not. I was not aware that the canadians go to cuba in such large numbers. But it just proves my point that as long as castro gets tourism money he can keep on ruling. I would like to see a real embargo aginist cuba not the poor excuse we have seen the last 40 yrs. we need to cut all trade and tourisam off from cuba by blocking their ports . Is it going to happen ,no but I wish it would. You said it your self , you spent money there to help some people. the old lady did not give money to castro, I did not give money from my garage sale to bush either but when i spent that on gas he got his taxes. I bet the cabby and the fish captian did in the form of permits and such. All goverments work the same way, its just a matter of who controlls it in the end. disspite what some people think we the voters still control this country, but only castro and his buddies control cuba and by going there, legal or not you help him. I could go to cuba to if I want but I will never go until castro is gone. I will never go to china either as long as its communist And I would really like to. They are both really beutifull places. I want to go to mongola now that it is not communist any longer (big big big trout). I will never go to france unless I get to piss on thier tower but thats another story.