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Morgan, Icon of the World By Harry Miltner Once upon a time, not so many months ago we found ourselves on the shores of the Castro Brothers, Cuba to be exact. If one must go, unlike the Canadians that have open visa, Yankee travelers must go in a group, sponsored by a cultural trip planned around the dance, art and music. Grand Circle, our favorite travel group, put together just such a visit and we were first in line. After acquiring the necessary visa, we boarded the plane in Miami, Florida. Several hours later we landed in southeastern Cuba, Santiago de Cuba to be exact. Santiago was an interesting city, though very poor, with buildings needing repair from hurricane Sandy. There were many people without work. The arts calendar was just as advertised, a wonderful exposure to Cuban singers, artists and dance groups. After four days, we boarded a bus to travel along the western border of Guantanamo, then northeast on the La Farola highway, over the Baracoa Mountains to the small city of Baraóoa. The Baracoa were first made famous on December 3, 1492, by the explorer Chris Columbus and it was his first stop on his visit to the Americas: "Climbed a mountain and saw a plain sown with calabaza and so many other native vegetables that it was a joy to behold. In the center of the plain was a large village." The village had grown but we, too, found the Baracoa a joy to behold. We again visits to the artists and lots of time off to explore this wonderful small city on our own. On the fourth day, we were taken on a long bus ride to a rural indigenous community to hear Afro-Cuban music, dance and try their ten course lunch, served in hollowed out gourds. Well, we had a grand time dancing with the Nengon-Kuriba natives, the lunch was outstanding. When it was time to depart, I got the grand idea to actually stay awhile and see how they lived, their homes and where they worked. Our Cuban leader felt, too, that it would be educational to visit their houses, so we proceeded up the long path to a rather well cared for small shanty. The owner invited us into the main living quarters and on the far wall was a calendar. Even with my aging eyesight, from across the room appeared some sort of foreign car on the front of the calendar. I had to get closer and low and behold, it was a Morgan sports car printed on a Spanish car parts company calendar. The month of April, 2013, enabled Morgan to be shown to the world. Here we were miles from nowhere, and Morgan was with us again. MOGNW Autojumble Editor’s Note: There was only one new ad; none of last issue’s ads were renewed. AUTOJUMBLE RULES (PLEASE NOTE: SOME ARE NEW) 1) Ads are FREE to MOGNW members and non-member individuals seeking to sell, buy, or find Morgans and Morgan-related stuff; 2) No commercial advertisers; 3) Ads run for one issue; 4) RENEWALS ARE NOT AUTOMATIC … YOU MUST NOTIFY THE EDITOR MORGANS FOR SALE ►1965 Morgan 4/4 2 seater RHD . Marvelous driving and performing car with aluminum body Car has uprated 1600 Crossflow with twin Webers . Paint is at least 40 years old so the car has a great patina. Three year old Everflex top and ½ tonneau . New door panels and door top caps. Two year old leather seats. Full maintenance and mechanical history available to serious parties. Price: $24,000. Brian Tomlinson at thomlinson2@shaw.ca. NW-Mogazine Volume 33, Number 3 <strong>May</strong> & June 2013 23