Number 6 - We landed in Varadero, but I spent the visit (a week) in Cardenas, the same city that Elian Gonzales comes from. It's not a tourist spot, but I wasn't doing the standard tourist thing at the hotels. I was staying with some Cubans at a place which is sort of like a community service and teaching facility. It's run by the United Church community in Cardenas...and they are an excellent group of people, I must say. I had about the best time there that I have ever had in my whole life, and it has left me with a profound love for that country and its people.