Varadero / Toronto
Just One
It was just one last
chance for a beach walk at Varadero. In
that dark,
early-hour time, not a soul can be seen or heard (5 a.m.). A tractor pulled up and ploughed the beach, leaving a fresh turn
of the sand. Done before the people come
out to make their prints, it’s a daily affair.
The tourists who come here are
globally represented. Lots of
Russians! Lots of Canadians! Lots of drinks!
Oh, dear Prabhupada (my
guru), thank you for sparing me from the vodka/beer culture, for I see that
even in broad daylight, some come into the water waist-deep with huge mugs of booze. They stand there in the water’s current. Clean water surrounds them but toxic water
pollutes the inside of them.
And there are children
at the beach. What do they learn from these adults?
“This is what it will be like for you as an adult.” Not a good message sent.
In the queue at the
airport, a
man and woman drink the last contents of a bottle. It’s precious for them but stinks for those
standing behind them. “Good to the last
drop,” they think. I wanted to say (to
them), “There’s got to be a better way,” but I doubt they’d accept my sermon.
I like the massive
campaign that has gone on for years to discourage smoking. It has been effective in saving so many
people from bad health. Can this
pro-active education not apply to drinking?
I know for a fact that
the plane we were in brought in bottles and bottles of rum and so much other
fluid. Just one bottle weighs something
substantial. But just one bottle pays
substantial,
and that, it appears, is usually the bottom line.
May the Source be with
you!
6 km
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