. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW MOTORING IN CUBA FINE ROADS IN A PICTURE LAND By C. Frederick Potter.—Vhotos, by The Author A few years' time works great changes in a new country, such as Cuba has become since re- lieved of the Spanish rule of oppression. Not only has the touring car ceased to be an object of wonder, but Cuban-owned cars, used in nearly all parts of the island, are constantly increas- ing in ninnber. The Cuban highways, the "Calzadas," compare favorably with the world-renowned Roman military roads of Italy, and are not equalled by anything we know of in America
. The Cuba review. 16 THE CUBA REVIEW MOTORING IN CUBA FINE ROADS IN A PICTURE LAND By C. Frederick Potter.—Vhotos, by The Author A few years' time works great changes in a new country, such as Cuba has become since re- lieved of the Spanish rule of oppression. Not only has the touring car ceased to be an object of wonder, but Cuban-owned cars, used in nearly all parts of the island, are constantly increas- ing in ninnber. The Cuban highways, the "Calzadas," compare favorably with the world-renowned Roman military roads of Italy, and are not equalled by anything we know of in America, except it be short stretches of specially built automobile-roads like the Long Island Motor Parkway, and by the asphalt pavements of our cities and suburbs. The "Calzadas" of Cuba, radiating in half a dozen directions from Havana, are the great arteries of commerce to and from the interior and were in constant use for the heaviest freight- ing long before there was a railroad on the island. The Camino Real to the westward reaches Pinar del Rio, some 100 miles away. Other roads extend nearly as far eastward, while those in the southerly direction are only limited by the width of the island. Speaking from personal experience, after a residence of several years in Cuba, there is no "best" season for visiting the island. The tourist emigration to a warm climate naturally occurs during the winter months, and while those months in Cuba are perhaps the ideal ones in some respects, the country at its best must be seen in early summer. Cuba is but sub- tropical. It is not on the equator by a long way, and it is no^ hot, even in mid-summer; not, at least, with the heat we know of in New York. The sea breezes there are never-failing always from one way or another, and always cooling and refreshing. The almost daily showers during the summer months are another delightful phase of the season so little known by the tourist; the terms "rainy season," common t
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