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CUBA TRAVEL SECTION - Havana Journal
Lydia Bell | Telegraph.co.uk
An old man, with a warm smile decorated by a single tooth, is our hitchhiker of choice for the morning. His wiry grandson helps him haul a bulky package into our rented car. The package emits a loud grunt. “El Puerco,” the old man announces, “es para mis cumpleaños 80 el jueves.” The pig is for my 80th birthday on Thursday.
We are in the heart of Cuba, the middle of this long streak of island, and in search of the country’s provincial face and a gentler pace than urban Havana. In a country where a…
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Rob Sequin | Havana Journal
To the west of the city of Havana is the Almendares river which divides the municipalities of Plaza de la Revolucion (containing Vedado) and Playa (containing Miramar). The article will describe what you will see as you drive West on First Avenue from Havana.
When you arrive at the Almendares river (as Vedado ends), you will come to the first of several beaches of the West, known locally as the Playas del Oeste.
Coming out of the tunnel under the Almendares river you will first come to “La Puntilla” beach which is really…
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BY FRANCES ROBLES | Miami Herald
Jan Bubenik went to Cuba to ``spread the hope’‘ but did everything wrong.
Working on behalf of an American pro-democracy group, the former student leader of the Czech Velvet Revolution knocked on a Cuban dissident’s door and sat down to chat—then spent the night in a hotel in the same Ciego de Avila town. He was quickly picked up by Cuban authorities and jailed for more than three weeks.
“Nobody ever told me to look over my shoulder,’‘ Bubenik said in a telephone interview from Prague. “They sent us like lambs to the slaughterhouse.’‘
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Reuters
It’s too soon for Americans to plan a Cuban vacation of beach, mambo and mojitos, but the U.S. travel industry is gearing up for a return to its largest Caribbean destination before Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution.
Tour operators held a video conference with Cuban tourism officials in Havana on Wednesday and asked them if they are ready for the “rush” of Americans if the U.S. travel ban is lifted as proposed by legislation now under consideration in the U.S. Congress.
“Americans really want to see Cuba,” said Robert Whitely, president of the U.S. Tour Operators, which together with the…
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John A. Webster | Founder and Commodore of Cuba Run 2010
A few years ago, two cat sailors - one British and One Australian, were being pounded by waves during a leg of the Great Texas 300 race. On that day, in between grunts and over the roar of the wind, an idea took hold: Why not race beach cats to Havana? The Cuba Run was born that day.
We put the basic concept on paper late last year, and work began in earnest to see what could be done to…
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By Mark Harvey | Canwest
A family road trip can be stressful. But a driving holiday in Cuba? That could be a recipe for family breakup. It starts as a compromise between the women of the family who want a sunny break from an Edmonton winter, and my desire to see one of the most intriguing countries in the Western Hemisphere before it changes forever.
We decide to split our two weeks in half: a week in all-inclusive resorts and a week in private B&Bs (called casas particulares in Cuba).
Evora Rodriguez’s casa occupies the top floor of a nine-story…
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The Trade Show is the premier annual event for the US travel and tourism industry and will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center September 13 to 15, 2009.
A Cuba destination seminar, “Cuba Breakthrough: Opportunities for the US Travel Industry” will be offered for the second year. It will be in the Caribbean area of the trade show on September 13 from noon to 1:30pm. The organizers did not have enough room for all those who wished to attend.
At any time President Obama can open the door to the full range…
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John A. Webster
Founder and Commodore
The Cuba Run 2010
The Cuba Run 2010 is a regatta for beach catamarans planned to take place mid November 2010, will be from Key West to Cuba and back, and will include the opportunity for Cuban Youth Sailors to be an integral part of an very intensive hands on one day Cultural Exchange.
The Cultural Exchange that is planned for this regatta to Cuba includes two events that will be held on Saturday, 13th November 2010. This exchange of ideas and sailing instruction is intended to…
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Due to increased demand that flooded into Cuba Travel Services, Inc. offices on the heels of the Obama Administration lifting travel restrictions on Cuban Americans, Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will be launching its first non-stop weekly flight from LAX to Havana starting June 30, 2009.
Departing on Tuesdays at 11:00 am Cuba Travel Services, Inc. will be utilizing aircraft operated by Continental Airlines.
“We are excited to resume the non-stop flights out of LAX to Havana that were in such high demand prior to the Bush Administration’s restrictions…
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By Richard N. Velotta | Las Vegas Sun
People who know anything about Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air know it is an airline that marches to a different beat.
So why should anybody be surprised that Allegiant’s newest destinations will be places where few Americans have ever been?
Allegiant Travel, the parent company of the airline that specializes in delivering people from small communities to resort cities such as Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Florida cities such as Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, recently won a contract to supply charter flights from Miami to four cities in Cuba. Flights will…
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