DAY-TRIP TO COJIMAR

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Cojimar is a tiny fishing village east of Havana. It is a shrine to Hemingway who kept his boat , El Pilar, here, and wrote "The Old Man and the Sea." The location hasn't changed since the Spencer Tracy movie of the same name. Unfortunately, it is now rundown, and we were glad we cancelled our longer stay, as there is little to do there now. Tour buses arrive and leave after a couple of hours maximum.

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Photos

We Spent Hours Chatting with The Two Gift Shop Owners
And bought some more art!

The Famous La Terraza Restaurant
Luckily, no one was in town when we visited. When our taxi arrived, there was a long line outside.

The Original "Old Man"
"Hernández was the model for Santiago—the old man of the sea. The young boy in the story, Manolo, was based on the young son of the owner of La Terraza, Manolito."
(Courtesy of David Lansing)