Eqinisweni enhliziyweni yaseMiami yindawo evela encwadini yezincwadi zaseCuban. Lapha eHaana encane ungathola ugwayi ophekwe ngesandla, izithelo, izimakethe zenyama, izitolo zemifino kanye namafasitela nama-cafecit for 25 cents kuphela. Nakuba i-Miami intsha, ngokuya emadolobheni, ungakwazi ukuhamba ukusuka edolobheni nayo yonke imidwebo yayo yobuciko iphakama kuze kube se-Cuba endala. Ngo-8th Street (noma i-Calle Ocho) phakathi kwama-Avenues angama-12 no-27 kunesikhathi esithile sokulwa.
Ukudla
Indawo enhle yokuqala ukubona kwakho (kufana nanoma ikuphi eMiami!) Nokudla! I-Calle Ocho inikeza izindawo eziningi zokudlela zaseCuba eziyiqiniso. I-El Pescador inikeza izinhlanzi ezinhlanzi nezinhlanzi ze-croquetas- ezingavamile kodwa ezinhle kakhulu. I-El Pub inikeza izitsha zendabuko zaseCuban ngesimo esimangalisayo; sebenzisa i-ntambama ukuphequlula imemorabilia yaseCuban ezindongeni.
Amapaki
Ku-Maximo Gomez Park, noma i-Domino Park njengoba izakhamuzi zibiza, ungabona isizukulwane esidala samaCubans ahlangana ukuze adlale ama-dominoes noma chess nsuku zonke. Kukhona umdwebo omkhulu obonisa iSmmit of the Americas ngo-1993. Ekhoneni, ungaphuthelwa i-Little Havana Paseo de las Estrellas (Walk of the Stars). Ikhumbuza lowo oseHollywood, kodwa izinkanyezi zinikezwa abalingisi baseLatin American, abalobi, abaculi nabaculi.
Ekhoneni le-13th Avenue kukhona ipaki lesikhumbuzo nezikhumbuzo zamaqhawe amaningi aseCuban. Yindawo enokuthula, indawo enhle yekhefu.
Ungabona izikhumbuzo kuJoseph Marti (imbongi kanye noguquko), u-Antonio Maceo (i-hero hero), Isiqhingi saseCuba Isikhumbuzo, neSikhumbuzo seSikhumbuzo (kuya kumaqhawe ase-Bay of Pigs). Kukhona umuthi omkhulu we-ceiba onokuzungezile-ungathinti! Le mihlatshelo ishiywe ngabanikazi abathintekayo yimiphefumulo lapho; ukuthinta noma ukususa leminikelo kubhekwa njengenhlanhla kakhulu.
ULwesihlanu wenkcubeko (Viernes Culturales)
Ngobusuku obuseduze eCuban, hlela uhambo lwakho ngasekupheleni kwenyanga. ULwesihlanu wokugcina wenyanga ngayinye waziwa ngokuthi i-Viernes Culturales (ngoLwesihlanu Lwesiko). Iqembu elikhulu laseLatini lomgwaqo eliphelele nomculo, ukudansa, abadlali bomgwaqo, ukudla, izinto zomculi zendawo, nemidlalo yaseshashalazini. Kuhle, kumnandi kumndeni wonke.
Umkhosi we-Calle Ocho
Yiqiniso, ngoMashi ngamunye, uCalle Ocho uyaziwa kakhulu njengeqembu elikhulu lomgwaqo ezweni; abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1 abavela emhlabeni jikelele beza kulo mcimbi wosuku olulodwa! Ngo-1998, abantu abangaphezu kuka-119,000 bajoyina umugqa wesikhathi eside kunawo wonke emhlabeni, futhi umkhosi usaqhubeka nendawo yawo eGuinness Book of World Records. Uzobona ukudansa, ukudla, ukuhlukanisa, izingubo, abadlali bomgwaqo, nezinkanyezi ezinkulu kakhulu zesiLatini ezenzayo. Amaqembu amakhulu wezindaba avela kulo lonke ukusakaza umcimbi njengamaCuba evela ezweni lonke abuyele ukugubha izimpande zawo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyisikhathi sokuqala ku-Calle Ocho noma ufuna ukuyibuka ngamehlo amasha, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uzoza usuku kuDominino Park noma i-Calle Ocho Festival, njalo kukhona okusha lapha eHasana encane. Kuyinto ingqikithi yomlando okufanele uyibone ukuyiqonda.