While they may not be so active physically, they certainly display a verbal dexterity. GARCIA-NAVARRO: The Malecon is also known as `the longest seat in Cuba.' People love to loiter. GARCIA-NAVARRO: `After we finish, we sit down on the wall where the waves are crashing and we let the water just wash over us. It takes a total of two hours, but at the end,' she says, `there's a payoff.' You see couples having arguments, people drinking, others having silly discussions. And here it's different every time,' she says. `It's a way of doing exercise, but also to disconnect from one's troubles. GARCIA-NAVARRO: `Every day we walk from one point of the Malecon to the other and back,' she says. It's a long walk but one that Sandra Rojas(ph) and her friend are enjoying. Now it hugs the city like a crooked smile along a stretch where hotels like the venerable Nationale stand to the Almendares River to the west. This is a big place, and it's free.'īuilding on the Malecon began in 1901 by two architects one American, the other French. `And also,' she adds, `people in Cuba don't have that many places to go. GARCIA-NAVARRO: `This is the designated spot for dates,' she says. GARCIA-NAVARRO: `It's the view, the hotels, the water, the waves,' he says. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Talidas Vijas(ph) and Evalisa Costa(ph) are on their first date, but they're already wrapped around each other, sitting on the stone wall in the bright sun. It must be noted that, first and foremost, this is a place for lovers. GARCIA-NAVARRO: If the Historic District is the heart of the Cuban capital, then the Malecon-a seafront promenade that stretches along a large portion of the city-is the artery that feeds the rest of Havana with life. Spectacular sprays of water land on parts of the sidewalk. The sea crashes against the rocks just below Havana's Malecon. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro took a walk down the Malecon talking with Cubans about life and love. Hundreds of people gather there at all hours of the day and night. In Havana, one feature of the city eclipses all others: a miles-long seawall called the Malecon. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
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