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88 Cuba 1, Final

We landed at Santiago, Cuba at 9 A.M. after a very smooth trip. We landed in a large bay practically cut off from the sea.
The landing place was the poorest we've seen, with no place to sit down and no accommodations. We learned that we were to change crews again, and were to have many more passengers. The ship from Jamaica arrived in about 1/2 an hour, and we took off almost immediately with a total of 15 passengers in a 10  pass. plane! We were much annoyed, but by being the first on and very stubborn I managed to have a place to lie down - though none to sit up. I was quite cramped by the time the trip was over. The other passengers were mostly young boys of Spanish and German appearance. The change of crews here was the result of our plane being late. It should have been returning from Jamaica today, but the other one was sent from Miami to take its place. Our previous crew took the new plane back to Puerto Rico, and the new crew took our plane to Jamaica and then to Miami. Thus the "new" plane was such disliked for ours on this particular route.

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Jamaica 1 89
We landed at Harbour Head, Jamaica  just before twelve o'clock, passed through the immigration and customs formalities automatically (except for $2.50 apiece landing fare, and were brought to town by a taxi paid for by P.A.A. We went to the South Camp Road Hotel, as before, and asked for an early lunch. We both felt a little upset, and I had a slight headache, but we decided to go to town after lunch to see Miss Nixon at the Jamaica Automobile Association.
She told us of a private family where we might stay for 3 guineas a week apiece, and we arranged for her to take us there tomorrow. She told us that motor cars are hard to rent, as the demand is high - usual price £6.10 per week.
They had a large batch of mail for us, but it seems to be a trifle old, There should be some more within a few days.
We were much surprised to have to sign a check for tea (3/-), and are likewise getting rather disgusted with the service. It seems to be all concentrated in the dining room.
Ruth went to call on the Magnus's. They can take us (all three) and will charge 5/10/- for two and 3 guineas for the third per week. We will look first at Miss Nixon's place.

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