[van-announce] Last call for Cuba May Day Tour plus official island invite

[Marcel Hatch]

In the coming days the maximum number of guests from Canada will be reached for this tour. Already we've closed registrations to our friends from the United States to attend as they've signed up in the many.

Please act now to ensure your spot on this program. Let your friends know about the tour too. Also see Cuba's heartfelt invitation to join hands in Havana on May Day at http://CubaFriendship.net/may_day_history.php

Cuba Education Tours, based in Vancouver and Havana, warmly invites you to join us on the official Cuba May Day Celebration Tour during the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.

The tour takes place from Saturday 25 April to Saturday 2 May 2009 -- eight awe-inspiring days of fun and friendship. The mass gathering of Cubans at the Plaza de la Revolucion on May Day makes this the largest annual event after the Mecca pilgrimage. (See Cuba May Day photos at http://CubaFriendship.net)

Each year, guests from over a hundred countries also attend. The festivities include music, dance, pageantry, speeches, and appearances by world dignitaries. The elected leaders of the island are in attendance too. Nothing in life compares to the depth of emotion felt when immersed in an ocean of humanity proclaiming its hope for peace, equality, and dignity in heartfelt unison. 

Here's who should go: Those who want to be an honored international guest at the famed Havana May Day gala on this historic 50th anniversary year. Those who want to objectively assess five decades of island achievements for labor, women, people of color, youth and the elderly, and LGBTs. Those who love art, music, nature, museums, and dance. It's also for those who want to learn from Cubans who have won key social justice victories North Americans still seek. 

The tour has official recognition. It's designed by Cubans for North Americans to experience island life as is only possible on Cuba Education Tours. It all happens from the comfort of the luxurious five-star Hotel Habana Libre.

Participants will dine with Jose Fuster, one of Cuba's most important contemporary artists, and feast at eateries of renown, including a farewell tour dinner at the elegant Cafe del Oriente. And, they'll hear the best Latin jazz at Club La Zorra y el Cuervo. 

The Cuba May Day Celebration Tour includes a coach excursion of Modern Havana, a guided walking tour of Old Havana, the Museum of Fine Arts, the intricate scale model of Old Havana, a regal cannon firing ceremony, the stunning handmade art book publisher Ediciones Vigia, an afternoon at sunny Varadero Beach, and get-togethers with representatives of the Cuban Teachers Union, the Association of Cuban Lawyers, and the Federation of Cuban Women. Tour members will visit the Latin American School of Medicine where international students learn to become doctors for the disadvantaged in their homelands.

Tour registration closes in the coming weeks. See tour costs, registration information, a day-by-day itinerary, and US travel license details at http://CubaFriendship.net

We are here for you to assist with travel and answer any questions you may have about beautiful Cuba.

Looking forward to meeting you on the island,
Marcel Hatch
Education Director
Cuba Education Tours
708 - 207 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7 Canada

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