How does Cuba compare to other Caribbean places you’ve visited?
Ian Wright: I’ve been to Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba. Cuba is extraordinary because it’s quite colourful and chilled and laid-back, but you forget that until you go out of Havana and then you realize, jeez, yeah, this is a Caribbean island—it’s got palms, it’s lush. OP: And the architecture there? IW: The architecture—those colonial buildings—is all around, and there’s some extraordinary renovation going on. Along the Malecón, which is the main bit on the seafront, there are a lot of those buildings that are crumbling a bit from salt water, pests and all that, but honestly, it’s beautiful. The old city is just amazing. But also, what’s nice about Havana is there’s hardly any street lighting. It’s really quite dark, which gives it a nice atmosphere—it’s not neon-lighted and this and that. OP: What was the highlight? IW: Camagüey. People don’t realize that it’s cowboy country. We went to a ranch and were herding the herds. Then we went to a rodeo and they put me on a bull to, you know, be st
