Drew University International Seminar Program (DIS)
Cuba and Puerto Rico: Memory and Reality
Tentative Itinerary
  
Cuba Puerto Rico
January 4 January 5 January 6 January 7
January 8 January 9 January 10 January 11 January 12 January 13 January 14
January 15 January 16 January 17 January 18 January 19 January 20 January 21
January 22 January 23  
Check out the Lonely Planet Travel Guides for Cuba and Puerto Rico, and the on-line versions of each:
Lonely Planet Guide to Cuba, and the Lonely Planet Guide to Puerto Rico.
Cuba
Staying at:
Hotel Colina
Calle L, entre 27 y Jovellar
Vedado, 
La Habana, 
Cuba
    Tel.  011 53 7 33-4103; 
     Fax: 011 53 7 33-4104
 Hotel Colina

Click here for a map of Cuba,  and here for a map of Havana (both from the Lonely Planet Guide on-line)
Activities in Havana
Program arranged by:  Fundación Fernando Ortiz
Calle 27, esquina a L
       Vedado, La Habana 
       Tel: 011 53 7 32-4334; Fax: 011 53 7 30 0623
Cuban recipes for those hungry for more!

Puerto Rico

San Juan
 
Staying at:
Tanamá Princess Hotel
Calle Joffre #1 
Condado, 
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907
    Tel: 1-787-724-4160 / 1-888-826-2621; 
    fax:1-787-723-2282
Click here for a map of Puerto Rico,  and here for a map of San Juan (both from the Lonely Planet Guide on-line)
    Activities in San Juan:
  • Sunday 14  
    • 11:10 am   Depart Havana for Miami  - Gulfstream International Airlines Charter

      • 12:30 pm  Arrive Miami 
    • 5:15 pm    Depart Miami for San Juan - American Airlines # 1299 

      •  9:02 pm  Arrive San Juan 
  • Monday 15 
    • .
  • Tuesday 16  
    • 10:00 am:  Lecture: "Toward an Understanding of Puerto Rico's Religious Landscape," 
        • by the Reverend Felipe Martínez. 
    • 1:00 pm:  Guided walking tour of Old San Juan: "Introduction to Puerto Rican Culture," 
    .
  • Wednesday 17  
    • 10:00 am: Lecture: "Puerto Rico: Perspectives and Paradoxes,"  Dr. Luis Rivera Pagán.  
    • 1:30 pm:  Lecture:  "Introduction to Puerto Rican Literature," by Professor Ivette López.
    • 3:30 pm: Tour of the Bacardi factory.
    .
  • Thursday 18  
    •   7:30 am: Full day excursion to the Caverns of Camuy [learn more!] 
    •    8:00 pm: Depart for the Festival of San Sebastian, Old San Juan.
    .
  • Friday 19  
    • 10:00 am:  Lecture: "The Issue of Vieques:  A College Student's Perspective," 
    • 11:00 am: Lecture: "Women in Puerto Rico," by Molly Hardegree.
    • 12:30 am: Trip to El Yunque. [learn more!]
    .
  • Saturday 20  
      •   8:00  Depart San Juan for Boquerón. 

San Germán area
 
Staying at:
Parador Boquemar,
Boquerón
Cabo Rojo
Puerto Rico 00623
      Telephone (787) 851-2158
      Fax (787) 851-7600
Learn more about Boquerón! Puerto Rican recipes for those hungry for more!
Contact Professor Ada Ortuzar-Young @ 973.408.   or aortuzar@drew.edu
Contact Professor Sandra Jamieson @  973.408.3499 or sjamieso@drew.edu
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Last updated, January 25, 2001