Cuba 2000 - Santiago - Playa Juraguā 1


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Together with Ismael, the DJ of the Claqueta, we took an adventurous truck trip to Playa Juraguá, a not-so-touristy beach south of the City. On board of one of the trucks, we met Jenis, an English student from Guantānamo. She decided to stick with us. On the beach we bumped into our Italian friends who had failed to show up at the meeting point, but beat us to the beach with a Taxi.

Truck on its way to the beach
El Camiķn is virtually free (by a tourist's standards)
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Ismael, Jenis and Marc waiting for the next truck
Jenis, Thomy and Ismael
The gang, with the incredible shrinking man in the middle
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Grown back to original size
 
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Dario chatting with a fellow Italian
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On the right is Dignelis, Dario's Santiago girlfriend
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Jenis enjoying the sun
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The king of the beach himself
 
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Denis with a typically Italian gesture
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Marco with a not-so-typical Italian gesture
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Jenis, seemingly looking for Marc...
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...who is busy molesting Yurdania
 
Marco and Yurdania
Marco tries to persuade Yurdania to snorkel
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Ismael organized our dinner of bonefish, plātanos fritos, rice and salad
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Everybody is enjoying our bonefish dinner - ON MY TOWEL!
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Tired after a long day of dolce far niente...
 
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...but obviously happy about it
 

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Pictures and Text by Thomas and Marc - Feedback should be directed at thomas@voirol.com. See also my new site Oria/Cuba.