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day three:
we got up early and went to havana. we hired a taxi at the suggestion of the receptionist, she said that it takes an hour to get there, we have 4 hours in the city, then an hour back. so that's what we did. it was really fun. havana is really beautiful, with it's old architecture and culture. a lot of the buildings were in disrepair, i heard that's the result of the us embargo. our taxi driver/tour guide took us to the christo blanco look out and were able to see over all of la habana. to get to the city we had to drive thru a long tunnel under the river. it was pretty cool. we went to the oldest cigar making factory for a tour. it was really amazing to see, it's a very complicated process. i've concluded that if i worked there i'd want to be in the box making department, or maybe be the person who organizes the cigars in the box by colour. we learned that about 1/3 of the cigars made don't pass the quality inspection, and since they have so many left over cigars every day each employee gets to take 3 home each day. we spent the rest of our time in old havana. it beautiful hot day, so i got an ice cream cone, shannon got a street pizza. we did some shopping at the market, then wandered looking at the buildings and watching the streetdogs. the men would make kissy sounds at us, i never cease to be surprised by that – like seriously, what kind of response are they expecting. hmph. we went swimming when we got back to the resort. the water was AMAZING! it was my first time in the atlantic. we swam and swam and swam. so nice. that night we went to the evening entertainment for the first time. it had it's great qualities and it's awkward qualities. there were these really talented dancers, which was my favourite part. we stayed afterward for the disco, which was when we met the cuban patrick swayze for the first time. we weren't sure of his name, but he's job was similar to that of patrick's in dirty dancing, hence his moniker. it was awkward because he kept trying to get us to dance with him, when really we just wanted to dance with each other. we knew he wasn't trying to hit on us, he was just doing his job, but we would've preferred him to leave us be. however, he eventually broke thru our barriers and we began very friendly with him, he was nice and we liked having a cuban friend.

you shall be my very own
on the day that i cause you to be my special home.