| The
Hague, The Netherlands December 25 2004
The
website Cuba-Junky started by passion, love for Cuba and in specific
its people, in August 2002.
Cuba-Junky
= Addicted to Cuba
I,
the owner of Cuba-Junky stepped first time out of the plane in Cuba
in 1999, felt in love with the country at the same time ... was
addicted to Cuba within a second, home. Because of curiousity and
passion Cuba-Junky collected many information from the web to understand
this fantastic country ... started to study. By first put all this
information in Words files and started a free webpage at www.VirtualTourist.com
in 2000. Virtual Tourist is the best webcommunity about travel,
I am still very greatfull to them for have given me the uppertunity
to start my biggest passion in life at their community.
This
collecting of information about Cuba became huge, to much to handle
and Cuba-Junky searched for the best option to build a kind of library
... the website was born www.Cuba-Junky.com.
Many
people helped me making this website. First of all www.cubanonet.com
which no longer excists, helped me with the knowledge of technical
stuff on HOW to make this site dissappear on the web, and besides
the personal knowledge of what I already collected. Cubanonet had
contacts with students of Thinkquest
who finished a study project about Cuba. Students of Thinkquest
also had a discussionboard which was likely to disappear after the
project was finished, but because of the great success and out of
respect, Cubanonet took over their discussion board to keep it up
and alive. Some history articles the students wrote, which also
used to be at the former Cubanonet.com, you still can find tehm
at this website. After Cubanonet closed Cubanonet asked me to take
over their information. Still today the owner of the former Cubanonet
is Cuba-Junky's biggest help in many ways.
Also
many other people, friends of Cuba-Junky, offered their info and/or
stories to add to this website. You can find a big list, at the
link page, of people who helped Cuba-Junky
to become the biggest informative Cuba site on the web. Also to
them: Thanks a lot!
Some
people doubt the integrety of Cuba-Junky, think that we human beings
are only on this world to make money. Cuba-Junky is one of the few
people who thinks different in this. This website is here in first
to help the people of Cuba, giving them a helping hand to survive
a difficult life. Hotels and other likely commercial stuff, is here
to keep this website up and running..
Some
people attack Cuba-Junky, by email because of different political
views, or even try stealing our identity. Cuba-Junky is human ...
nothing more ... simple and human. Against any violence in this
world. I hope in the future people will be able to respect that
view and follow the example.
I hope
when I am not here anymore somebody can take over this collection
of passion in the same policy as I do now ...
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year... and many happy years to follow.
C-J
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