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Wednesday, June 27th, 2007...8:05 pm

Impending Vacation

The rough duty of not having to go to a job and rarely having anything important to tend to is wearing on me. I need a vacation, from the permanent vacation I’ve been enjoying for almost two years now.

So Saturday morning I am leaving for a month in Playa Baracoa. My good friend and neighbor of thirty years, Lifelong Harborite, will be joining me for a couple of weeks in mid-July.

I will be staying in a two bedroom home, from the rear terrace of which one may dive into the Florida Straights. Actually, into an estuary created by the entry of a river into the Florida Straights. I am hoping to be able to fish and collect other sea creatures for dinner on the terrace, accompanied by the omnipresent Havana Club and Buchaneros.

Suzy, the owner of the home where I will be staying, emailed me last week to inform me that her son-in-law will pick me up at the airport and drive me to her house, and that he will host a party for us on the terrace. (By the way, when you read that the Cuban government restricts computer ownership and internet connections don’t believe it.)

So I am satisfied with what I’ve learned so far relative to managing one’s own domain (5000 Gbs) in some computer server farm somewhere), and very excited about my impending trip.

I hope to take enough video footage to produce “Dos Gringos Locos on a Diplomatic Mission to Cuba” and hope to post bits and pieces every couple of days, or so.

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