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Things up until day 85

Long time no write. It is Thursday, April, 21, 2011 at 10:35 am. Exactly a week from now I’ll be waking up at Hampshire figuring out what to eat because I will have not gotten a chance to shop since flying in the previous night. I suspect that everything will feel have felt like a dream. It will feel incredibly weird to wake up in Havana, and go to bed in Amherst. After living in a place for three...

Apr 22nd

Things up until day 74

Lists: To do before leaving: Santa María beach Sunset on the Malecón Walk west on the Malecón Document surroundings with camera Learn to make a meal Finish my project Visit Camara Obscura for the view in Havana Vieja Buy reggaeton mix Lasts that I’m anticipating: Peso pizza Peso cab Time seeing Capitolio photographers Tere meal Havana Club Cohiba visit La Flora pastry Once...

Apr 10th

down here

everything is a-ok down here. just being busy, that’s all. hasta pronto.

Apr 6th

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Up until day 58

Margaret (Hampshire professor) arrived last Thursday night for a 10 (?) day visit. Between socializing with friends in the other room, she sat in on our Thursday night seminar for a little. She told us that many of us are at the point where we’ve been doing a lot of information gathering and that we should not forget about forming our own ideas. We shouldn’t get stuck in intense academic mode...

Mar 26th

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up until day 4something

sorry no photos—i transferred my library to my external and i didn’t have time to plug it in before coming to the Cohiba today. They’ll come soon. On Wednesday as I was taking photos along the stretch of water near Plaza de Armas in Habana Vieja and two men approached me saying “¿Chino? ¿Chino?” (a daily occurrence). If I don’t feel like talking, I ignore people who do this...

Mar 13th

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Things between day 18 and 32

As I rode in the taxi to Habana Vieja on Tuesday I felt for the first time like I wasn’t spectacularizing or voyeurizing the city. Instead of looking at buildings, cars, or signs, I was looking at people. Things other than people (who are always changing and different within a certain landscape) had become a little mundane. I don’t mean for this to sound pretentious, I think it’s just a sign of...

Feb 28th

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Things between day 11 and 18 (posted late)

I got a haircut. And not from an old barber in a small and dark barbershop located on a busy street like I was imagining for some reason. I think this vision might have been propagated by images that I had been constantly searching online for before coming. Mostly to get an idea of what tourists were taking pictures of and what tourists were posting. Instead Roberto took me to the salon he goes...

Feb 17th

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Things between day 5 and 11

Tomorrow Roberto is taking me to the place where he gets his haircut in Centro Habana. I had my first real (non-introductory) meeting with Eduardo last Friday. We met at the steps of the Capitolio and wandered around from there. He kept emphasizing the “cara más profunda de Habana” (something like, “the more real side of Havana”) that exists less than a block away from the refurbished...

Feb 9th

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Up until day 5

Carols says that someone once said the Cuba program is more Hampshire than Hampshire. I’m reclining in a metal rocking chair on the balcony that is attached to my room. I hear some faint American music, sweeping, a running truck engine, chirping birds. I feel sticky. For the second day it’s hot and humid. Maybe in the high 70s. I’m saving money writing this on the balcony instead of in the...

Feb 3rd

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Day 0 (posted late)

Starting today I’ll be spending 89 days in Havana, Cuba. I don’t have anything big planned for this blog during that time. I don’t mean it to be anything too meaningful, just a record of things that happen and a way of efficiently staying in touch. I’ll update it when I can. Here are some things: It’s 7:45am on Friday 1/28/11. I’m at Boston Logan airport using...

Feb 3rd

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