Memories Of Mayra - jim Young “It’s a little bit of bad, for those who want something good.” - right off the can. The last time we were in Cuba there were a lot of shortages at the resort we visited, including alcoholic beverages. That’s not a complaint, just a sad statement of the affairs of a country upon whom the United States of America has unjustly enforced an unreasonable embargo. But that didn’t dampen our vacation. When the bar ran out of one drink, we quickly substituted another. The two drinks we missed the most however, were mint flavoured Mojitos and Coconut flavoured Pina Coladas. Lucky for us, Mojitos were featured on one day of our holiday. On other days we were able to find an accommodating bartender, Mayra, to make us real Pina Coladas using a fresh coconut that we had conscripted one of the life guards to acquire for us. When we returned home from our vacation we gave special thanks to the abundance we are fortunate to have here in Canada. So when I spied ...