"The island is probable the most beautiful ever beheld by the human eye", wrote Christopher Columbus in 1492 in his chip's log alter first setting foot on Cuba - little did he suspect that it World become famous some day for its sugar, rum and the world's best tobacco (not to mention mambo, salsa and rumba!) But back to Cuba's dream beaches. The sea is turquoise blue, the sand snow-white and the palm trees sway in the wind.