Arrival is exciting

Guantanamo: the place


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Golfers will always find a way

Guantanamo is largely desert. So golfers carry a little bit of the fairway around with them.

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But if you can play here . . .

. . . you can play just about anywhere.

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There is a horseback-riding club

Many naval officers assigned to GTMO bring their families.

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Careful surfing

Surfers do their best on the low waves at the beach. Extra care is required, lest they end up on the other side of the fence, in Cuba. Fishing is also popular, but all fishing boats are required to have two engines, lest an engine failure allows a boat to drift into Cuban waters.

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Families discover natural wonders

Ridley's sea turtles nest on the beach at GTMO, and when they hatch children and their parents see the baby turtles safely to the water, before birds and other predators can get them.

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The only American grocery store in Cuba

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The selection isn't bad

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But there are differences

Note that the milk is "filled." That means it's made from skim or dried milk, reconstituted with non-milk substances.

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There is only one stoplight

And here it is being run.
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