In a message dated 2000-12-12 23:48:01 Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I've never been to Cuba and doubt I'll ever get the chance to. but, from what little I've seen in pictures and TV, it doesn't seem like much is made of wood. It appears that most structures are made of stone, brick , cement, adobe, or some similar material. My brother lives in Mesa, Arizona, and the three times I visited him there, I never saw a wooden home or building. Everything was "cement" or some similar material. I don't think wood/lumber could take the high heat. >> More like, there aren't any forests. Mexico is the same way -- adobe and not lumber. Carleton
