Dates:
August 4 to 11, 2012
What:
Cuba People to People
How
much: $1200.00 including air from Miami to Havana, hotel, meals as listed,
entry visa, program, transportation, guide, program fees
Apply:
$200.00 deposit due now. Write to info@commongroundtravel for application and
inquiries
Travel
to Cuba this summer -- yes, in a few short weeks -- for a People to People
Educational program in Cuba, as follows:
Cuba: People
to People
Saturday
August 4
09:00
am Check in to Concourse G, Miami International Airport, Gulfstream
Charters.
01:00
pm Depart on SkyKing flight 5K-252, arriving Havana at approximately
2:00 pm
04:00
pm Meet Amistur guide and transfer to the Hotel.
Check in at
Bruzón Hotel
07:00
pm Welcome dinner and party with a neighborhood CDR group.
Sunday
August 5
08:00
am Breakfast at the Hotel
10:00
am Visit to the community of Las Terrazas in Artemisa province. Meet
with the inhabitants of this rural community built in the late 1960s and
converted by its residents into a model of ecology.
Swimming in San Juan River ¨El arroyo de la sierra me complace más que el mar¨
Marti´s poem ¨the river in the mountains pleases me more than the
sea¨
Mid
day Lunch at Casa del Campesino.
03:00
pm Back to Havana.
07:00
pm Dinner at the Hotel
Monday
August 6
07:00
am Breakfast at the Hotel
09:00
am Exchange with a Historian about Henry Reeve, one of the first U.S.
Americans to extend the
hand of
friendship to the Cuban people, volunteering for the Ejército Mambi in 1868 at
the age of 18 and killed on August 4, 1876 in his 400th battle for
the liberation of Cuba from Spain at the side of the Cuban
people.
11:00
am Depart for San Pedro in Bauta Municipality, where General Antonio
Maceo y Grajales was killed in combat by the Spaniard colonialist. Then to El
Cacahual Monument where Maceo was buried
Lunch on your
own
03:00 pm
People to People exchange in the neighborhood of Atarés, home of Los
Marqueses, one of the most important and historic carnival dance crews in
Havana and also where a local community group called the Atarés-Pilar
Transformation Workshop does organizing work with women in self-esteem, with
local Afro-Cuban religious leaders on restoration of community values, and with
young people on anti-violence leadership.
Evening
Return to the Hotel and Dinner
Tuesday
August 7
08:00
am Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00
am Meet at the Headquarters of ICAP
11:00
am Meet with members of the Henry Reeves Cuban Medical Brigade who have
volunteered in Haiti
Opportunity
to hear about their experiences and exchange views
01:00 pm Lunch at Casa de la Amistad in Vedado.
Tour
of the high points of the city by bus: Revolution Square, the Malecón and then
Old
Havana
with a visit to the City Museum
A walking tour of Old Havana, stopping to talk to residents and find out how
they view the transformation of their historic
neighborhood
Free
time in Old Havana
Evening
Return to the Hotel and Dinner
Wednesday
August 8
07:00
am Breakfast at the Hotel.
10:00
am Visit to the Women & Family Services House, Calle 2 entre 21 y 23, one
of many throughout the country organized by the Federation of Cuban Women.
Opportunity to exchange with Cuban women at the House
01:00
pm Lunch on your own
03:00
pm Meeting at CENESEX, the Cuban National Center for Sexual
Education
06:00
pm Back to the Hotel and dinner.
Thursday
August 9
07:00
am Breakfast at the Hotel.
09:00
am Visit to a policlinic and family doctor
11:00
am Visit a community project to meet with the residents and exchange
views and experiences.
Lunch on your
own
02:00
pm Visit to the Museum of the Revolution
Afternoon
Free time in Havana
07:00
pm Return to the Hotel Dinner.
Friday
August 10
07:00
am Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00
am Drive into Havana and Ciudad Libertad, School City. Visit to the
Literacy Museum. .
11:00
am Exchange with teachers and members of Cuban
Association of Teachers.
12:00
pm Lunch on your own
02:00
pm Opportunity to explore Havana in small groups, with the goal of
interacting with people met on the street to gather
impressions.
04:00
pm Meeting with representatives from ICAP, the Institute of Friendship,
for a chance to sum up the visit, ask questions, offer
comments.
Return to the Hotel.
08:00
pm Farewell Dinner at a Local restaurant
Saturday
August 11
07:00
am Breakfast at the hotel.
11:00
am Transfer to airport.
The August
4th Cuba People to People program coincides with the death in battle
of Henry Reeve, one of the first U.S. American visitors to travel to Cuba and
forge friendship with the Cuban people. Reeve, born in 1850 in Brooklyn, NY,
visited Cuba and joined the Mambi Army at the age of 18. He rose to the rank of
Major General before being killed in battle on August 4th, 1876 in
his 400th battle.
The Cuba
People to People program is sponsored by the Center for Cuban Studies with
Common Ground Education & Travel and designed to be an affordable trip
promoting people to people contact with the Cuban people.
Merriam
Ansara
Director,
Common Ground
359 Main
Street, #2A
Easthampton,
MA 01027
Tel
413-203-1125 Fax 413-529-1119
www.commongroundtravel.com
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