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Dates: during 1990-1999
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We drop Jorge at the beach at Santa Maria del Mar and get back to moving down the coast. Minutes later we pull over for two girls, each carrying a cake, each about 20, giggling to themselves in the back seat. Sisters? No, just friends. They're on their way...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

We had missed a turn (we suspected) and so had stopped to ask directions. We pulled over next to a median strip, on which stood eight or 10 people, half with shopping bags, presumably waiting for a bus. We rolled down the window, smiled sheepishly and directed our confusion to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

Then he was in the car. It happened before we knew it had happened. He just opened the door, and then suddenly he was giving us directions from within the car. The smallish back seat was empty, then full, full with this large man, his knees cramped up near his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

His name is Juan Carlos. And while he speaks a little English, thankfully in the passenger seat is a translator/navigator (T/N), and she duly interprets.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

His building is a concrete complex overgrown with weeds and drying laundry. Neighbors stare from above, their arms draped over balconies. Through the door and inside Juan Carlos' apartment suddenly there is Judith, easily 7 ft. tall. Eight? She's huge. She leans down to offer her cheek for kisses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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