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I am feeling nostalgic again,and was looking at some old pictures that were not in my blog, Again, my blog is my life’s history so they needed to be in. Let me tell you a bit more on a personal note as to where I was born. Intrigue.? It has been a long trip of four nationalities now and 81 countries visited, and 5 countries live/work and 4 languages. Ok ok here is where all began, a looong time ago ;   my birthplace of Punta Brava. Therefore, here is my take again on for me it all began here a looong time ago, Punta Brava, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Punta Brava is a small town located just to the southwest of Havana or La Habana, with roughly 1500 inhabitants, and now part of the municipal district of La Lisa (which was and still is a town of my days). It sits on the Carretera Central that goes west to east of the island ; just south at about 7 km of Santa Fe beach and Hemingway marina , It is also, 15 km from Jose Marti Rancho Boyeros International Airport of Havana, and 26 km from old town Havana (Habana Vieja).

Some other nearby towns are Guatao (where the cementery of my grandparents is located) at about 2 km,   Cangrejeras  on your way to Santa Fe beach at 3,5 km , the historical El Cano at 4,5 km and one already mentioned in my blog Arroyo Arenas at 4,6 km, I went to school , my last was Bauta 7 km , and where I still have the remaining one aunt and cousin Cayo La Rosa at 12,5 km.

This post is to all and especially to me as  a reminder of what it was, a lingering space in time of a once upon a time place call Punta Brava, city of Havana metropolitan area, Republic of Cuba. Where born and grew up to 10 at Avenida 247 No 5006 !!!

Even if by now totally out of it still rings with nostalgia that I was born in Punta Brava.  Now with the new revolution, all what was the town is gone and hardly anything looks the same, i will be lost. Cuba has change a lot, it’s not the same , and for me,  it will never be the same…. Now, only faint memories lingered, and some places of share family values and love. Far far away, it seems difficult to even write that I went back in 1984 to see my paternal grandmother before she passed away, see my paternal grandfather, in 1998 to show my French wife the reality of there, and meet my family that was there and by now mostly gone too , again on a business trip with my French company in 2012, and that is enough seen ,no need for more. It seems to me like I was not from there. It required some days of adjustment for things to come back again a bit…

Some places dear to me in my infancy that had not mentioned before but now with pictures to follow the towns of Artemisa and Güira de Melena,

 The town of Güira de Melena former province of Havana today in the new province of Artemisa ,The town was founded in 1779 by the Marquis Càrdenas de Monte Hermoso, It is situated south of the province near another historical place I remember Alquizar, It is for a sad story where I did force labor work as a child on what was called Escuela al Campo, doing agriculture work, and the world still looks the other way.

The town of Artemisa is a city in the new province of Artemisa since its creation in August 2010. Formerly was part of the province of Havana, It is about 60 km from Havana, The city was founded in 1818 , One major development here is the old coffee estates, home to old coffee plantations and factories that have shaped Cuba’s economy and history for centuries. Discover the ruins of the island’s most famous property, the Antiguo Cafetal Angerona, Many visits here as a child and was able to get my sons to ride a horse in our visit of 1998 ! The area had a statue at the entrance to the town of Artemis, the goddess of wilderness, hunting and childbirth, and one reason for the name of the town,

No tourist webpage for the above, just real story real memories to lingered forever and seeking new lands, always never looking back, it is you. Punta Brava and me, forever in my mind!  Again, hope you enjoy the post on for me it all began here a looong time ago, Punta Brava, part II !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!