May Day 2009 - Travel to Cuba! (Cuba Education Tours)

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Great news about visiting Cuba!

You have a second chance to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution if you missed the big island event on New Years 2009.

Cuba Education Tours is thrilled to announce the official North American 2009 Cuba May Day Celebration Tour.

It takes place from Saturday 25 April to Saturday 2 May -- eight incredible days to witness the island's stellar cultural and social achievements and join hands with one million Cubans all affirming the power of the people to create a better world.

Check it out at http://CubaFriendship.net

The million that mass for Havana's May Day celebration in the Plaza de la Revolucion makes it the largest annual gathering after the Mecca pilgrimage. They are people like you who dream and work for an end to war and a clean sustainable planet of plenty. Friends of Cuba from over a hundred countries attend. The celebrations herald music, dance, pageantry, speeches, and greetings from world dignitaries. The elected leaders of the island are in attendance too, as will you be.

Nothing in life compares to the depth of emotion felt when immersed in an ocean of humanity proclaiming in heartfelt unison the urgent desire for peace, equality and dignity for all.

Naturally the tour embraces participation from our American friends. We'll help with customized travel licenses. This means you go to Cuba legally. Email us and we'll respond promptly so you can get ready to go to Cuba.

Here's who should join: Those who want to be an honored international guest at the famed May Day celebrations in Havana's Plaza de la Revolucion on this historic 50th anniversary occasion. Those who want to objectively assess five decades of island achievements for labor, women, people of color, youth and the elderly, and sexual minorities. And, those who love art, music, nature, museums and dance.

It's also for those who seek to connect and learn from Cubans who have won key social justice issues we still struggle for in North America. It's for people like you who want to establish lasting relations with new Cuban friends and among tour mates, and those who desire to build exchange ideas and share experiences with compatriots from many lands.

This tour has special island recognition and is designed by Cubans for North Americans to candidly examine and enjoy island life as is only possible on official Cuba Education Tours. It all happens from the deserved comfort of the luxurious five star Hotel Habana Libre.

While in Cuba, you'll also behold:

* A special afternoon for reflection and relaxation on the world-famed beaches of Varadero!

* Visit an incredible scale model of Old Havana detailing every building dating back from four centuries

* Attend a regal cannon firing ceremony from 1519

* Confab with representatives of the Cuban Teachers Union on gains in island education and unprecedented democracy within unions

* Enjoy Havana's best jazz at La Zorra y el Cuervo, and other hot salsa venues

* Visit the amazing handmade art book publisher Ediciones Vigia

* Lunch hosted by Jose Fuster, one of Cuba's most important ceramists and artists today

* Meet with members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) to learn about gender parity and their scores of programs to support women and the family

* A private panoramic motor coach tour of Modern Havana

* Lunch at La Mina restaurant for top-notch traditional Cuban dishes and live music

* Meet with Union Nacional de Juristas de Cuba (UNJC) lawyers to learn about island jurisprudence

* Private guided tour of the Museum of Fine Arts Cuban Collection

* Visit CENESEX and Linea Ayuda, two organizations involved in sex education, LGBT rights, and AIDS awareness and prevention

* Private guided walking tour of the main historical sites of Old Havana, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

* Visit the Latin American School of Medicine where Cuba trains international students to become doctors for free to serve the disadvantaged in their homelands after graduation

* Farewell group dinner at the elegant Cafe del Oriente, and fine dining at other eateries of renown

* Witness the largest collection of colonial-era architecture in the Americas and inspect restoration and preservation efforts.

Please do take a peek at http://CubaFriendship.net You'll be glad you did. The website as thirty links to Cuba's social justice endeavors and tons of information about the island in general. It's a virtual tour of Cuba.

Now, we have a favor to ask of you: Please share this email announcement with your friends, family and coworkers. They'll be happy you did. In doing so you help us help Cubans who have suffered too long from the cruel US economic blockade of their little country striving for sovereignty.

Cuba already has in place so many of the pro-people survival strategies necessary for these trying times: real cooperation, real collaboration, environmental sensitivity, and sharing the wealth -- cornerstones for human advancement and essentials for building the sustainable green future of equality we all need now.

We warmly welcome you to come down to Cuba with us and learn from the vital living example to which eleven million islanders wholeheartedly subscribe and proudly protect.

Tour costs, registration, day-by-day itinerary, and legal travel information is detailed at:

http://CubaFriendship.net

Take a look at what other travelers say about their Cuban experience:

http://MyCubaTour.ca

Many more Cuba culture and education tours are listed at:

http://CubaFriends.com

We are here for you to help arrange travel and answer any questions you may have about beautiful Cuba. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance.

All my best,
Marcel Hatch
Education Director
708 - 207 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7 Canada

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