'Hat trick' used to be a sports term. Now there is the 'Havana Hat Trick' - a creatve way to bend the arilines' baggage weight limits on flights going to Cuba. The trade embargo makes life in Cuba hard, and the people need everything. Their American relatives are willing to help, which includes wearing several layers of clthes, carrying towels in jacket sleeves, stuffing a teddy bear with underwear or even wearing a rice cooker as a hat. The passengers looks eccentric and gaudy but the 'hat trick' does the job.
April 12, 2006
The Havana Hat Trick
'Hat trick' used to be a sports term. Now there is the 'Havana Hat Trick' - a creatve way to bend the arilines' baggage weight limits on flights going to Cuba. The trade embargo makes life in Cuba hard, and the people need everything. Their American relatives are willing to help, which includes wearing several layers of clthes, carrying towels in jacket sleeves, stuffing a teddy bear with underwear or even wearing a rice cooker as a hat. The passengers looks eccentric and gaudy but the 'hat trick' does the job.
