  The 1980s was a flourishing time for Cuban physics, with various achievements
ranging from the design of several experiments to be performed by a Cuban
cosmonaut in 1980, to the synthesis of the first superconductor with critical
temperature above 77 K shortly after being originally reported by US
scientists. By the early 1990s, there was a profound economic crisis in the
country. The situation strongly affected the availability of scientific
instruments to Cuban physicists; a process that continues today. Doing science
in such `High Tropicallity' scenario has been challenging. Many Cuban
researchers have been forced to create competitive instruments with minimal
resources. Here we put examples of some of these experimental setups, created
by members of the Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, University
of Habana. Most of them involve the recycling of old laboratory instruments,
and even the use of daily life devices.
