3 - THE JOURNEY TO HAVANA ...
In the evening of Tuesday 21 March, we went to Buenos Aires, en route to Cuba. The need to replenish the IL 62M (aircraft of Soviet origin, the Compañía Cubana de Aviación)) and return two crews, to Havana that was heading toward the Caribbean island produce just to order at 00:30 Wednesday 22. Commander Ricardo González
Montesa, announced at that moment, the departure of the flight that would take us to our destination, a cruise speed of 850 kilometers per hour and an altitude of 18,000 feet. The trip, with 85 patients, and 25 passengers, was still two coordinators of the Ministry of Development, (Greta and Miriam) plus two from the Ministry of Public Health (Rosalie and Esmeralda), two Uruguayan physicians returning, after a quick visit ( formed, residents and practicing in Cuba), a Cuban doctor (Juan Carlos) and a nurse assistant (Sunday), both responsible for assisting any decompensation of travelers. Many of them, premiering on air travel of more than eight hours.
The uneventful flight, except for a turbulence that shook the plane around 4 in the morning, with no greater consequence than a fright ... for the novice passenger.
Cuban at 08:15 hours the aircraft touched down at one terminal of the Jose Marti International Airport in the neighborhood of Cattle, less than 20 kilometers from Havana. The time difference between Uruguay and Cuba, is one hour. Here we are one hour ahead.
In the arrival hall, we were greeted by the young Yadira Garcia, Coordinator for one of the Brigades, acting at the airport and then, after submission of documents, boarded buses modern Marco Polo, of Brazilian origin, to address our local residence, where we would spend the next few weeks. After allocation within the various Villas, according to the capacity of each, we took a blood sample for the analysis and led us, to stay allocated. Henceforth we will call the House, that's how it is called. I fell the House 614, who was also one of the dispensaries, with 24 hour care. A two-story house, where rooms had air conditioning and private bathroom. The house had pool and was also about three blocks from the beach and the sea
shared the room with three other neighbors and the late afternoon, we were presented with a 18 year old brunette, social worker and university student, whose nickname Jail sounded like that would be available to us for some hours during the day-to join us at the exits to the restaurant or Clinics. Another time it was serviced by a 21 year old named Alexei, also a university student and social worker, who was ranked driver / passenger when their partner was attending classes.
Although the Mission Miracle, is present in almost all provinces, we had a place of residence, a resort east of Havana, called Villa Tarara is located just 15 kilometers from the capital, which is reached by the so-called White Way, way Matanzas and Varadero, on the Caribbean Sea on the north coast of the island.
"Havana (province), province of Cuba, is located on the west and closer to the island and only 31 km from the bay of Mariel, on the north coast on the Straits of Florida, teaching mash, on the southern coast, which opens to the Caribbean. Bordered on the north by the Straits of Florida and said the province of Havana, Matanzas to the east, south and west Caribbean with Pinar del Rio.
(Reference Library Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2005. © 1993-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved)
Havana was founded in 1514 under the name of San Cristobal de la Habana, on the southern coast of the island and then was moved to its present location, on the north coast, from where they left the English ships return to Spain, perhaps to evade the pirates who infested and hid in the archipelago of the Antilles.
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