PHOTO ESSAY: Cuba from dusk to dawn (blog/commentary)

[Natasha]

PHOTO ESSAY: Cuba from dusk to dawn

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5/13/2008

"This group is comprised of homosexuals and transsexuals that descend upon a three-block stretch of the Malecon, ironically very near to what many consider to be the best hotel in the city, the Hotel Nacional. They come to hang out, find out where the parties are and hook up. The police are present, but for the most part, the government ignores the happenings. For many of the people who show up to this section of the Malecon, it is their only chance to fully express themselves during the week."