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  • Fun Things To Do In The City And Miami Seaquarium
    By: Miami Tours Operators | - Combo Your Tours, This unique ecosystem is home to 14 rare and endangered species that includes the Florida Panther, West Indian Manatee, and American Crocodile. Not only is the Everglades National Park home to rare species but it is rich in Native American history as well. Evidence of Native American settlers can be traced back as far as the 16th century. Each separate region of Florida offers a variety of beaches and coast lines.

    Perfect for beginners and experts, the beaches and ...

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  • Cuba Recognises Potential For More People Booking Cuba Holidays In 2012
    By: Jose Gundin | - The Cuban government is looking to capitalise on the growing popularity of Cuba holidays among travellers from across the globe. Following a successful 2011, where the island was able to meet its set target of 2.7 million holidaymakers with great ease, the Ministry of Tourism has raised the bar for 2012, setting the annual target at 2.9 million.

    Many see the 2012 target as attainable and at present many Cuba hotels in key tourist spots across the island are said to be booked to full ...

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  • 18 Years On, Tourism Firm Habaguanex Has Big Role In The Success Of Cuba Holidays
    By: Jose Gundin | - Founded by the Historian of the City of Havana, the hotel and tourism firm responsible for restoring old buildings in the old part of Cubas colonial capital and transforming them into comfortable hotels with modern facilities while maintaining the original colonial dcor, Habaguanex has grown beyond the boundaries of Havana and expanded into other Cuban provinces, to the point that today it has a strong impact on Cubas tourism as a whole.

    Eighteen years after its creation by ...

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  • After Adding Cuba Flights In 2011, Mexico's Interjet Airlines Strengthen Relations With Cuba
    By: Jose Gundin | - Cubas Havanatur Group recently released a statement announcing that Mexicos budget airline and one of the current air carriers providing Cuba flights from Mexico, Interjet Airlines, is seeking to bolster its relationship with Cubas Ministry of Toursim.

    The announcement followed a visit to Cuba made by an Interjet delegation led by the airlines Director General, Jose Luis Garza. The delegation met with representatives from Cubas Ministry of Tourism, executives from Cub ...

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  • Havana Holidays Provider Celebrates 18th Anniversary
    By: Jose Gundin | - Last 6th January, Habaguanex S.A. celebrated 18 years of existence as a provider of cultural Havana holidays in the old part of Cubas capital city. With the slogan Feel Old Havana (Sentir la Habana Vieja), this tourism group was founded in 1994 by the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHC) with the aim of organising tourism operations in the old town and restoring the areas aged beauty.

    Nowadays, Habaguanex manages 21 Havana hotels, a travel agency named San ...

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  • House Of Rice: A New Option For Tourists Going On Havana Holidays
    By: Jose Gundin | - Habaguanex S.A., the group created by the Office of the Historian of Havana (OHC) to promote and run tourism projects in Old Havana has recently opened a new restaurant in this part of town with the inauguration of the House of Rice. The nouvelle dining venue specialise in serving a good variety of Creole rice dishes in an effort to rescue culinary traditions of Cuban cuisine and provide a different gastronomic option for tourists spending Havana holidays.

    Among the dishes offered a ...

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  • Havana Club Launches Cuban Travel Guide Iphone App
    By: Jose Gundin | - A new travel guide iPhone application has been launched by Havana Club to help tourists find out information about the city of Havana. Travellers going on Cuba holidays can access Havana Club's Guide to Havana' by downloading the application to their iPhone. The guide highlights information about restaurants, nightclubs, bars, and popular tourist attractions.

    The app is available from the iTunes store and one of the features includes an easy-to-navigate map with different flags t ...

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  • Miami Tourist Attractions And Miami Family Vacations
    By: Miami Tours Operators | - No matter whether, if the traveller is into sun, sports or salsa, hotels in Miami have something good to offer. They can spend their days taking in the sights of Tiny Havana, take the youngsters to go to the zoo, sunbathe at Haulover Beach Park or explore the Art Deco District. The Everglades are subtropical wetlands that stretch down the southern half of Florida from the Kissimmee River near Orlando through Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay at the southern tip of the state.

    Travel Fr ...

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  • Havana Club Rum, Leader Of The Top Hot Brands
    By: Miguel Gibson | - The Cuban rum Havana Club rose to the first position of the Top Hot Brands or better rums and whiskies in the world, according to a survey released by the Market Research Society of the United Kingdom.

    In their respective categories, both: the Cuban rum, as well as Chivas Regal reached the first places, moving their main competitors to second positions in classifications.

    Chivas Regal and Johnnie Walker are old adversaries in the list of Top Hot Scotch Brands. However, ...

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  • High-speed Catamaran Service To Operate Between Florida And Cuba From 2013
    By: Jose Gundin | - From spring next year, tourists will be able to travel to the Caribbean island of Cuba via high speed catamaran cruises after Kona Catamaran LLC signed a deal with CubaKat last week to build three new vessels.

    The three catamarans will be used to transport tourists to their Cuba holidays and will travel from Marathon in Florida to Havana in less than three hours. The ferries will carry up to 149 passengers each and the first boat is scheduled to start operating from April, 2013.

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  • Cuba Vacations - Spotlight On Cienfuegos And Trinidad
    By: D McKee | - Away from the hustle and bustle of Havana and the All Inclusive Mega Resorts of Varadero, on the south coast of Cuba you'll discover the small Cities of Cienfuegos and Trinidad. Both are rich in history and beautiful architecture and have an essence of what traditional Cuba is.

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    Referred to as "The Pearl of the South" because of the impressive beauty and seductiveness, Cienfuegos is a city built on history and legends. An early mixture of Spanish, French sett ...

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  • Havana Malecon: Boulevard Of The Caribbean Sea
    By: Miguel Gibson | - The 50 percent of the visitors of the nearly three million foreigners who come to Cuba each year enter from Havana. Its rich history of tradition and the fame of many of its sites explain the growing interest of foreign vacationers in the capital of the largest island of the Antilles.

    Among the mythical places of Havana is the Malecon. This concrete wall divides a generously blue sea from a city of nearly five centuries that moves into the future.

    Those who chose their ...

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  • Home Accessories To Match Your Leather Coffee Table
    By: Fred Allen | - When designing a home, people always focus on the exterior. They also spend the majority of their time on flooring choices and wall color. Furniture usually falls secondary and then the home accessories last. Somehow, what lamp goes onto the leather table doesn't seem to be a priority. But, home accessories are an important aspect of a home.

    Like your furniture, your home accessories should be a reflection of you and your uniqueness. It should be complimented on them; they should ev ...

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  • Michael Dweck Photographing Habana Libre By Christopher Sweet
    By: aarenbrowns | - Two pretty girls sitting in the back seat of a convertible, sipping cocktails, cruising along the seafront of a coastal city. It

    could be South Beach or Ipanema, but no, it is the Malecon, and we catch a glimpse of the new Cuba, a work in progress, as envisioned

    by Michael Dweck in his new book of photographs, Habana Libre (Damiani, $65), with text and interviews by William Westbrook.
    Before the Revolution of 1959, Havana was known as the Paris of the Caribbean, ...

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  • Klm Starts Operating Cuba Flights To Havana
    By: Jose Gundin | - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched today its first Cuba flight to Havana and over the next week a couple of more flights to Havana are to follow. Hoping to extend its portfolio of holiday destinations, the Amsterdam-based airline has opened a new tourism link for Dutch, German, Scandinavian and Eastern European travellers looking to enjoy Cuba holidays.

    Starting this Monday, 31st October 2011, the Dutch airline will be operating flights to Cuba's capital with three-times-a-week d ...

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  • Inexpensive Vacation Places Around The Globe
    By: ajeffixxfgl | - The budget getaway is swiftly becoming an company as folks try to journey as throughout the globe as possible upon limited budgets. This is owed somewhat towards the economic occasions we live in but also towards the growing captivation many get with travel and leisure - certainly, travel is definitely an incredibly important section of many individuals lives and they also try to observe new locations at every feasible juncture. There are several things you can do to reduce your bills whilst exp ...
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  • Inexpensive Trip Areas Around The World
    By: ajeffixxfgl | - The budget holiday is quickly becoming an institution as people try to take a trip as throughout the globe as possible about limited financial constraints. This is owed somewhat on the economic occasions we live in but also for the growing captivation many have with tourism - without a doubt, travel can be an incredibly important section of many some people's lives and so they try to observe new spots at every possible juncture. There are several things you can do to chop your expenses whilst go ...
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  • Unflappable Charm Of Havana
    By: Martin Nobel | - The city has loads of sights and monuments to visit, with over 50 museums, beautifully rejuvenated 18th and 19th century buildings and history at every turn. Havana celebrates festivals and events almost all of the time, which is one of the reasons why many visitants like descending here. The city itself doesnt have beaches, so if you want to enjoy your holiday by getting your feets dirty with the white beach sand, then you can take thirty minutes drive to reach eastern beaches and fulfill ...
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  • Enlighten Your Wall With Beautiful Wall Lights In Three Basic Steps!
    By: henrickpendler | - If you are considering purchasing some new light fixtures for your home, then you can definitely add some wall lights to your list. Because of its various advantages, these types of lights are very, much popular in the market. Using these lights to dcor your wall, you are going to give an intimate and cozy look to your room. In many cases, they outperform the table lamps and floor lamps, by saving space and convenience of use.

    While you are going to bring home wall lights, you wil ...

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  • Enjoy Historic Havana On Luxurious Caribbean Cruises
    By: Luke Tricker - Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines | - If you are looking for a luxurious holiday in the sun that enables you to enjoy some history and culture, you'll find Caribbean cruises that stop at Havana difficult to beat.

    A cruise around the Caribbean is guaranteed to be a relaxing experience, with sunshine, soaring temperatures, beautiful scenery, rum cocktails and excellent food combining to make you feel like you are enjoying a touch of paradise.

    But you will also find there is plenty to do and see while you are ...

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  • Havana - Places To Visit, Things To Do
    By: Archie Blazer | - Cuba's capital and the most developed city on the entire island, Havana, is the birthplace of Cuban cigars, salsa and, of course, Cuban rum. Known as "Paris of the Antilles", Havana displays one of the most beautiful examples of English and Spanish colonial architecture. A truly unique blend of cultural influences from early French pirates (the corsairs), the Spanish colonial period and the English late influence, Havana is one of the most prized tourist destinations in the entire Central Americ ...
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  • The Beauty Of Havana
    By: Archie Blazer | - Havana stands as the best preserved colonial city of the Americas, having great works of architecture. No matter how much you think you have seen in different places, the capital of Cuba will still take your breath away. The entire city is almost like one large museum that has one special feature after another. One of the remarkable features in Havana is the almost total lack of commercialization.

    Havana gives you the opportunity to see some great colonial buildings and cruisers ...

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  • Cigar Bar Dallas Terrific Hangout Destination
    By: Cigar bar | - If you are be entertained abundantly kinsfolk who are recreation cigars, cigar bar Dallas is the originate due to you. Whether you are a apprentice or someone who has been piping in that years, you consign asset that the search of getting a another cigar is overly eye-popping. You may buy alike saved upping some money to clinch a special, held dear cigar. Join us if you want flip over the nectarous fashion of cigars ensconce the bring about span of rum.

    Cigar bar Dallas has vitally ...

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  • Cigar Bar Dallas: Natural Best Quality Cigars
    By: Cigar bar | - Cigars is in future added 'natural smoke,' accredit want been the gourmet present itself among smokers also socialites. They presuppose convenient temperament that makes substantive socially unpleasant in that femininity to come about further are usually initiate prerogative cigar bars again discriminating clubs. because years, cigars conclude had no precise audience also the hookah stands poised to end extrinsic a loaded female of the gourmet red market.

    Cigar catch Keeping di ...

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  • Cigar Bar : Luxury A Dive Bar With Alcoholic Bar
    By: Cigar bar | - Cigar bar Keeping with the old traditions of yore, many cigar bars cater purely to upper class men, those who enter are met with an ambience that speaks to old world gentleman. These upscale cigar bars also include humidors and some have lockers for patrons to place the cigars they are saving for later. Some cigar bars, including cigar lounge with large variety of alcohol stuffs , world sports bars with classic cigar bars include pool tables, televisions, and a full bar of alcohol.

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  • Find Best Cigar Bar Havana Social Club Dallas
    By: Cigar bar | - Now a days Cigar bars are becoming popular for the cigar smoker in the most of the cities like Dallas as the laws has been circulated to ban smoking in public places, pubs, restaurants and bars. The main advantage of the cigar bar is that it offers the ambience, which is a legally designed place to smoke in a cool environment exclusively for cigar lovers.

    Many of cigar bar serve only coffee, sandwich, burger, pizza, sheesha and many more with liquor licenses also that will allow you ...

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  • Guided Tours In Cuba
    By: Jose Maurette Garces | - If you are like the majority of the people, you do not know very much at all about the small country of Cuba. Recently the United States lifted the travel ban to Cuba for the first time in many years. Now Americans have the opportunity to visit Cuba on a small group Cuba holidays.

    If you want to see the real Cuba, take a small group tour. Not only will you visit places as a group, but there will be free time to see and do things that you are interested in. The tour guide can arrange f ...

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  • Foscarini Havana
    By: jayden thomas | - Introduction

    When it comes to illumination of your house, you must do it in an attractive way. The lamps should have an attractive effect. This is the thinking of Foscarini when they designed Foscarini Havana lamps. They are stylishly finished. Their styling has been treated at such high esteem that the design has been selected for exhibition in New Yorks Museum of Modern Art. Designed by Jozeph Forakis these lamps are unique creations.

    Wall type Lamp

    In ...

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  • Bacardi Wins Us Havana Ruling
    By: Troy Thurston | - After a nearly 13 year battle, Pernod Ricard lost the lawsuit against Bacardi asking them to stop selling Havana Club branded rum in the United States. The problem lies in that Bacardi sells rum branded as Havana Club within the United States, but Pernod sells it outside the US. Bacardi holds the trademark in US, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

    On April 6, the Wilmington, Deleware district court ruled under Judge Sue Robinson that the origin of Bacardis HAVANA CLUB rum ...

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  • Cuban Capital Amazes All
    By: globester | - Who doesnt want to vacation amidst sunny climes and cool waters? When you make a description like that an instant thought comes to the mind. How about taking a
    flight to Havana Apart from a perfect weather, this huge beach resort town welcomes one and all with surprisingly beautiful tropical flora and fauna, breath-taking landscapes, sultry seascapes, crystalline sand, and azure waters. An island vacation destination for families, honeymooners and group of friends alike, Havanas lai ...

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  • Cheap Holidays In Cuba
    By: Paul Ingersole | - Ask anyone the first three things they can think of when mentioning Cuba and you will most probably hear Cuban cigars, music and Castro. The first two not only are the reasons a lot of tourists visit Cuba every year. Even though a socialist country and in tensed relationship with the United States, Cuba seems to be one of the preferred Caribbean holiday destinations. With lots of places to visit and lots of things to do, most of them with very good prices, a holiday in Cuba can prove to be a gre ...
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  • Five Things Cuba Is Famous For
    By: Daniel DeLa Cruz | - What's all the fuss about cuba? What's this tiny little island just a few hundred miles of the coast of Florida famous for? You might be surprise... The cigars, the rum, the women, the dancing, not to mention the baseball. Ohh, and don't forget about Castro.

    #1. It's cigars. Cuban cigars are known worldwide as the best cigars. As the best they are also very expensive. Cuban cigars have been called the forbidden fruit because of their distinctive flavor and aroma. The Cuban governm ...

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  • The Center For Retinitis Pigmentosa
    By: Johan Dorssemont | - The Center for Retinitis Pigmentosa in Havana Cuba has recently launched a new web site to open their treatment for this eye disease to an international public on the web (www.retinitis-pigmentosa.com).



    Retinitis Pigmentosa is an eye deficiency which leads to a progressive loss of eyesight and eventual blindness. The disease is also known as night blindness or tunnel vision for the different stages in the degeneration of the eyesight. Extensive study has p ...

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  • Cuba Holidays.
    By: Jose Mauricio Maurette | - At this phase you might have already determined that Cuba is the country that you want to visit for your next vacation but perhaps need some assistance on the booking side of it . I know this could sound a bit too trivial but you should know few important things in order to get the best deal for your holidays in Cuba.

    The truth is that this Caribbean island is becoming ever more popular every year and this creates a problem for some travel agents . Cuba is definitely not a last minute ...

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  • The Havana Brown Cat
    By: Ailurophile | - Havana Brown is a pretty feline breed that was brought over to Europe from the East in nineteenth century and gained much popularity for its self-brown color and bright emerald eyes. However, in the early twentieth century formal breeding of all but blue-eyed Siamese was discouraged in Britain and thenceforth interest in Havana Brown dwindled. It took another three decades before interest in this breed revived in the fifties. After that it took only a few years for the cat to be formally recogni ...
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  • Looking To Book A Holiday To Cuba?
    By: Jose Garces | - At this stage you might have already decided that Cuba is the place that you want to visit for your next holiday but perhaps could do with some help on the actual booking process. I know this could sound a bit insignificant but you should know few essential tips in order to get the best deal for your holidays in Cuba.

    The truth is that this Caribbean island is becoming ever more popular every year and this creates a dilemma for some travel organizers. Cuba is not ...

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  • Holidays To Cuba. When To Book.
    By: Jose Garces | - At this phase you are probably totally sure that Cuba is the country that you want to visit for your next holiday but most likely require some guidance on the booking side of it . I know this could sound a bit too trivial but you should know few essential tips in order to get the best deal for your holidays in Cuba.

    The fact that Cuba is such a magical and ever more popular destination, presents travel organizers with a real problem . Cuba is not a last mi ...

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  • From Cigars To Mojito"€™s, A Holiday In Cuba Has It All!
    By: Dave R | - Cuba is a holiday experience unlike anywhere else in the world; classic 1950s cars cruise by whitewashed houses and villas, while the sun beats down on beautiful nearby beaches.

    The idyllic setting of Cuba in the Caribbean just east of Mexico means the weather is consistently warm. Cuba is made up of many different islands; the main island is home to the Cuban capital, Havana. This is a place full of character and has an old Havana area along with the more modern Centro Haba ...

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  • Baseball, Cuba, And Cuban People
    By: scuk travel | - For the Cuban people, baseball or pelota is their national sport, which they never feel tired to argue about. There is no Cuban person that could miss to playing pelota in a cross alley, road or in the nearby park, and even women of all ages adore and know this sport.
    Nevertheless, baseball has a rich history in the Island, and a large account of outstanding athletes throughout time.
    Created in 1820, this sport was brought to the Caribbean in the midst 19th Century and developed la ...

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  • Cubafortravel, Its Third Year On The Web
    By: Johan Dorssemont | - cubafortravel.com, its third year on the web

    Last month the Cuban Travel Agency Transnico International had a small party in its office on the 6th floor of the Lonja del Comercio building overlooking Havana. It was the second anniversary of the its promotion site cubafortravel.com on the web.

    In fact it was a pity that the many visitors to the site during these past years didnt join in. As the celebration is mainly for them as thanks to this site they could easil ...

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  • Named The Magic City
    By: Douglas Scott | - The City of Miami known as the Magic City is located in South East Florida, in Miami-Dade County and is on the Miami River. The city is rich with history.
    Miami is the third most popular American city for international tourists.

    The city has 13 different neighbourhoods that contain several historical locations and landmarks. Each neighbourhood is fully equipped with its own full service parks, fire and police stations.

    Miami Florida boasts great weather yea ...

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  • Havana Ghost Tours --- When The Stars Come Out, So Do The Ghosts
    By: Christian Rieger | - See the Haunts of Old Havana with The Original Havana Ghost Tours, Havana Cuba's first ghost tour. Ghost Guides will introduce guests to the city's "other night life" as they walk through the shadowy, cobblestone streets and narrow lanes of this Grande Dame of the Caribbean.

    The ghost tour walks amidst the city's most haunted places the Cathedral, the waterfront, the battlements, the haunts where Hemingway imbibed spirits. Christopher Columbus' bones are said to rest in Havana. ...

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  • Hello From Cuba - Part 3 - Hiking Vinales And Exploring Nature
    By: Susanne Pacher | - Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:54 pm

    On Sunday it was gorgeous. The cold front had finally passed through, the rain was gone and we had a beautiful warm sunny day without any humidity.

    My hostess is also a guide for the National Park System and Vinales is a nationally protected natural habitat. She had a tour planned through a side valley of Vinales (Valle del Ancon) with 3 participants, an older couple from Germany and me.

    The tour was ...

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  • Hello From Cuba - Part 1 - First Impressions
    By: Susanne Pacher | - Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 6:00 pm, Hotel Havana Libre

    Thanks to a severe case of the Revenge of Montezuma (or Ricky Ricardo?..,) I am sitting here in the Hotel Havana Libre and I finally get around to create updates from my first 4.5 days here in Cuba. The Internet connection is definitely the slowest I have ever seen in my entire life, (15 minutes to access my messages at Yahoo..), but I am giving it a shot anyways.

    Friday morning I arrived at the airport in Toronto ...

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  • Hello From Cuba - Part 4 - Bureaucracy Galore - The University Of Havana
    By: Susanne Pacher | - Hotel Havana Libre, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 7:20 pm

    Yesterday I had to sign up for my Spanish course at the University of Havana. The Campus of the University is an astoundingly beautiful collection of classical buildings and a Cuban tank graces the entrance to the library.

    At 9 am all the foreign students, about 40 of them, met in the Edificio Varona and we were shepherded by various professors into a very antiquated lecture hall. (By the way, of the 5 or 6 washroo ...

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  • Havanese Puppy And Dog Information
    By: Mitch Endick | - The Havanese comes from Cuba where they were pampered lap dogs. They love people and are not above learning tricks to amuse us. They are known to be very obedient and they get along well with other dogs and pets. They are very tuned into their human family and like to find a high perch to keep an eye on everything. They are very good with children and make good watch dogs. As a reminder, never leave a child unsupervised with any puppy or dog.

    *Approximate Adult Size. The approx ...

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  • The Havana Brown: A Smoking Great Cat
    By: Iro Ignatiadi | - Although brown cats have been around for centuries, the Havana Brown Cat first appeared in Britain in the nineteenth century and was considered to be a part of the Southeast Asian branch of the Royal Cats of Siam. But all of the North American Havana Browns in can be traced back to two cats in Norwood, both of them imports. It was this particular breeding that produced the first Havana Brown to achieve Grand Championship status. These cats are just the feline to have if you are looking for an af ...
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