CUBA - 8/27-9/5 2015

NOW PLAYING: HOT HOT HOT, by Buster Poindexter (Instrumental Version)

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WE ARRIVE IN CUBA!
28 AUGUST

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No photos of the early rising (3 a.m.) to get on the shuttle,
but at terminal G (international) Swift Air,
the line had already begun to form by the time I arrived
at 5 a.m. for a 9 a.m. departure.
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My ticket & visa (the first stamp in my new passport is CUBA)
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I was seated in the infirmary -
sneezers, coughers, hackers
all around me
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Although the plan called for me to fly an hour after the rest of the group . . .
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back - front: Billy, Kathy; Cheryl leads the way
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back - front: Bob, Carla, Katie's shoulder
. . . they were still in the baggage claim area at José Marti International Airport . . .
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l - r: Kathy, Billy, Bob, Carla & Katie
. . . so we were able to connect and take one large cab to the Hotel Nacional.

It was HOT, HOT, HOT! (as Buster Poindexter sings)
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front, l-r: Carla, Neal, Kathy
back, l-r: Billy, Bob, Cheryl
(Katie was taking the photo)

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WE ARRIVE IN CUBA! 28 AUGUST
No photos of the early rising (3 a.m.) to get on the shuttle, but at terminal G (international) Swift Air, the line had already begun to form by the time I arrived at 5 a.m. for a 9 a.m. departure. My ticket & visa (the first stamp in my new passport is CUBA)
I was seated in the infirmary - sneezers, coughers, hackers all around me
Although the plan called for me to fly an hour after the rest of the group . . . back - front: Billy, Kathy; Cheryl leads the way back - front: Bob, Carla, Katie's shoulder . . . they were still in the baggage claim area at José Marti International Airport . . . l - r: Kathy, Billy, Bob, Carla & Katie . . . so we were able to connect and take one large cab to the Hotel Nacional. *It was HOT, HOT, HOT!* (as Buster Poindexter sings)** front, l-r: Carla, Neal, Kathy back, l-r: Billy, Bob, Cheryl (Katie was taking the photo)