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Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Guantánamo April 23rd 2008

pictures coming! Armed with our information from yesterday, bathing clothes, sun cream, anti-Bush shirts and a camera we decide to go as near to Guantanamo Bay as possible. On the train station they show us the place where most of the trucks stop. On our walking trip to there, we meet Manuel, an old pensioned man who lived and worked in the eighties in East Germany and still speaks German wonderfully. He guides us almost to the truck stop. There we discover that the truck system functions very well, and for us very cheap. Luckily today we have enough Cuban pesos, to avoid being cheated because of lacking them. Soon we make our first stop in a village which on the map appears the nearest village to the bay. When we approach the bay, a soldier ... read more
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Central America Caribbean » Cuba » Este » Guantánamo November 12th 2006

Well, as tourist attractions go, it’s a bit of a weird one. But I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to see one of the most famous and controversial places in the World right now: the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay. It took a lot of arranging. When I was at Sofía’s in Santiago, I had asked her if any of her previous guests had been and how I could go. To my surprise, no one had been but she made some phone calls and we found out that you have to get special permission and there are only two ways of getting a glimpse: the town of Caimanera, which is next to the base at one side of the bay, or Mirador Malones, a viewpoint overlooking the bay at the other side. Caimanera ... read more
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