Arrival
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MacArthur fellows and guests on our bus
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Hotel Nacional
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Bedroom in Hotel Nacional
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The Malecon and the Atlantic
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Breakfast selection at Nacional
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La Guarida Paladar --
where Strawberries and Chocolate was filmed
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Arriba -- to La Guarida
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Children at La Guarida
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dinner at La Guarida
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Lorna and Paule enjoy dinner
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Best Ceviche Rich has ever tasted
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Parisienne show at Nacional
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Mario Coyula lectures on architecture on hill in Regla
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nearly houses, from hill in Regla
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Havana, seen from Regla
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School children in Regla
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Park in Havana
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Necropolis Cristobqal Colon in Havana
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Site of a miracle -- La Milagrosa
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Jesus rising
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La Piedad de Rita Longa
on the tomb of the Aguilera family (built in 1950s)
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Mario's sculpture: memorial to the students who asaulted the Presidental Palace in 1957
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leaf -- on the ground near the momument
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Almendares river in Havana
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Lush foliage alone the Almendares
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Monument to Jose Marti
(and the site of the Pope's visit)
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Our bus
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Paul examines art at home of Alicia Leal
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Alicia Leal
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Performance Art -- can anybody help her get out?
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Rainstorm in the ferns
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Cybercafe sign
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Roasting pig outside at the Hotel Nacional
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Rich, Jorge Jorge, and Rosemary.
Shelly later learned that JJ was once the Mafia's accountant in
Cuba, and he donated all the money to Fidel (hence the photo of him with
Castro)
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The pool and the balcony on which the Mafia met in 1958 (seen in the movie Goldfather II).
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On upper floor of home of Fernando Ortiz, now a non-governmental anthropolocial study center.
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Alma Mater of Havana University looks over the city
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University of Havana. Our guide is Marta Nunez Sarmiento.
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Student tries to "fuse" a 3-D image at the University of Havana
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Dinner at the Paladar "Vista del Mar"
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Not chicken, pork or fish: Lobster!
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Oil field to the east of Havana
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Flamboyan (Royal Poinciana) -- in bloom all over Cuba in May and June
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Coconuts -- not very common in Cuba
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Turkey vulture in flight over the canyon of the Yumuri river
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Rio San Juan in Mantanzaz
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Sharon, Jim, and Shelly in the lobby of the Hotel Canimao in Mantanzas
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Mantanzas "Malecon" and bridge
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