I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

Oh no! Amateur Traveller episode 806. Today the Amateur Traveler talks about

Mahito's and the Malachon,

fortresses and floor shows, plazas and plaias as we go to the capital city of Cuba, Havana.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Havana. I'd like to welcome back to the show Tallick Nantes from travels with

talic.com. If the name sounds familiar she's been on the show recently

talking about Patagonia but this time we're heading to Cuba and more

specifically Havana.

Tallic, welcome back to the show.

Thank you, it's a pleasure to be here.

Well, and what is your connection with Havana and with Cuba in general?

Okay, my family came from Cuba. Havana and with Cuba in general.

Okay, my family came from Cuba in the 50s and we landed in New York City and became American

citizens.

Well, I was born, actually my mother was pregnant with me when she came to the United States.

I was born in New York.

My entire family is from Cuba and I married a Cuban who came to this country to the United States

in the 60s during the great migration for political reasons.

And I traveled to Cuba back and forth, had family there up until recently. I love it. It's beautiful. I love it.

it.

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