Saturday, December 15th, 2007...1:24 pm
New Year in Cuba
A couple of days ago I was contacted by friends in Merida who asked that I accompany them to Cuba from Christmas until the fourth of January.
So I will accompany Ariel, his wife Maria who is a Merida native, and Marie’s daughter Ana. Ariel is Cuban and lived for some time in Florida, where he lost an arm in a truck accident, before moving with Maria and Ana to Merida where they live also with Maria’s mother. Ariel’s family is from Guantanamo, to where we will travel with Ariel’s brother, who lives in Havana, to spend New Year Eve.
It will be quite different to travel to Cuba with a group of Spanish speakers and to spend time with Ariel’s family, rather than in a rental.
Merida, like Cancun and Veracruz, is home to many Cubans. Such that there is a Cuban consulate in Merida, as there is in Cancun and Veracruz.
Kicking Calvin in Playa Baracoa.
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