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Guantánamo Travel Guide: 23 reviews and 33 photos

I spent 6 hot weeks in the bowels of the engine room of an old steam powered Fast Frigate (USS Julius A. Furer, FFG-6 "the Jolly JAF") during a shakedown exercise in 1982, durring which time we made several port calls to Guantanamo Bay. As everyone was restricted to base, I didn't see anything beyond the fence, but I went snorkling and was absolutely AMAZED at the clarity of the waters there... you could see 100's of feet as if looking through air.

  • Last visit to Guantánamo: Dec 1981
  • Intro Written Aug 17, 2002
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The base had a bowling alley,... Nightlife (1)

The base had a bowling alley, where you could buy Heineken beer for 25-cents... I thought that was cool. Other than... more travel advice

I don't know if politics have... Tourist Traps (1)

I don't know if politics have changed in the last 20 years, but at that time everyone was restricted to the base. The... more travel advice

Watch out for shore patrol. ... Warnings and Dangers (1)

Watch out for shore patrol. They're often disgruntled & pissed off because they have to play rent-a-cop instead of... more travel advice

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