Destination: Havana

Interview with Kelly Westhoff and Jen Paulus: CheSpotting.com

Interview with Kelly Westhoff and Jen Paulus: CheSpotting.com REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Eva Holland talks Che and the meaning of his ubiquitous image with the founders of a new travel photography site

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Havana, Cuba

havana cuba REUTERS/Claudia Daut

A vintage car drives past elephant sculptures made of metal displayed along Havana's seafront boulevard El Malecon.

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A Traveler’s 10 Best Musical Discoveries

Contemplating and celebrating the world of travel

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Che: The Ronald McDonald of Revolution

Che: The Ronald McDonald of Revolution REUTERS/AIN/Justo Gonzalez Ortega

Rolf Potts examines the clichés of the revolutionary's admirers and detractors

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Cuba’s Hemingway Museum Goes Digital

American Hemingway scholars don’t have to wait for a lifting of the Cuba travel embargo to gain more insight into the writer’s work: The island’s Hemingway Museum is digitizing large chunks of its invaluable collection, reports the Cuban News Agency.

When the author died in 1961, he left behind thousands of pages of manuscripts, maps, letters and photos at his farm outside Havana—all of which were apparently donated to the newly minted Cuban government by his wife. Government preservationists have already digitally reproduced more than 3,000 of the roughly 15,000 documents in the bequest.

(Via The Book Bench)


Eating Cuban on Miami’s Calle Ocho

The cultural heart of Cuban life in Miami is, naturally, Little Havana. And in Little Havana, the main drag is Calle Ocho—8th Street. It’s on Calle Ocho where old men in elegant guayaberas gather to play dominoes, and it’s on Calle Ocho where a number of fine Cuban restaurants have been serving up strong espresso and garlic-infused fried pork for years. For Americans who want to experience authentic Cuban culture without violating U.S. laws with a clandestino trip to Havana, Miami’s Calle Ocho is the place to start.

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Havana Homecoming

Havana Homecoming Photo courtesy Leslie Berestein

Her family left Cuba when she was 3. Decades later, Leslie Berestein visits her old neighborhood, knocking on doors, searching for her Cuban self.

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