Boeing 737 - 20 minute flight - Manzanillo to Santiago de Cuba

I asked the pilot the duration of this flight and he said '20 minutes, just up and straight down'. I like a more gradual approach when landing. This part of Cuba is perhaps the most beautiful and is chalked full of history from national parks with dinosaurs (fake) to marine parks with dolphin encounter programs and this area was also where Castro returned from exile in Mexico and started the revolution. Many buildings in the country side and Santiago have bullet holes

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