The Cuban model and presenter Lisandra Silva experienced one of the most emotional moments of her trip while visiting the Great Wall of China, carrying a small urn with the ashes of her father, Carlos Silva Sánchez, who passed away on July 18 of this year at the age of 77.
In a post on her Instagram account, the Havana native shared images from the moment and wrote an emotionally charged message directed straight to her father: “We did it, Daddy. The Great Wall, China, visiting my 6th wonder of the world. One more for the passport. What a lovely experience to do it with you.”
Lisandra described how, sitting by one of the windows of the wall, she imagined walking alongside him, taking photos, and listening to his jokes: "Even the jokes made me see your little watery eyes filled with emotion. You live in my imagination. It was lovely, daddy; you were with me."
One detail that the model interpreted as a sign of her father's presence was the appearance of a butterfly during her visit. “A large butterfly, just the color of my outfit, hovered over my square meter for quite a while; you even matched. You never miss,” she wrote.
The visit to the Great Wall held special meaning for Lisandra. During her stay in China, she had explained that one of her father's dreams was to "travel and see the seven wonders of the world." "So my dad and I are going to visit it together and fulfill those dreams," she had shared at that time.
The journey through China also had a spiritual component linked to mourning. In early September, Lisandra settled in a Buddhist monastery in the Shaolin mountains to train in martial arts with monks, aiming to "transmute the energy" of her father. She recounted that he had approved the idea before passing away.
Lisandra also publicly thanked two people who helped her with the organization: "Thank you for sending me these angels who assisted me with the organization; you know me and you know that I'm a bit scatterbrained, I couldn't have done it without them."
The journey to this moment has not been without anguish. In August, Lisandra reported the theft of a urn that she had purchased to hold her father's ashes and which was sent via a delivery app. The model clarified that the urn was empty at that time and that the ashes were not in danger.
Before her trip to China, Lisandra also visited Cuba and brought flowers to her parents' grave, in a gesture that reflected the depth of her grief and her connection to the Island.
As of the moment this note was written, the post on Instagram had accumulated over 38,000 likes and 262 comments, among them numerous supportive messages from her followers. Lisandra concluded her text with a phrase that encapsulated the significance of the moment: "You're the best, daddy. We did it."
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