July- 2019 In case that we are about the middle of july, estival month, as the villagers we remember to Ernest Hemingway, citizen of the US, friend of Cuba and seaman which let at the Nuevitas coast his trace.
He ran over these keis during multiple voyages around a coast, he was tied to the Camagüey city northeast, where he walked and knew about the residents hospitality and simpaty.
In 1934 among the july and october months he navegated on board of the Pilar yacht through the north coast of the isle, subsequent a long run came to cast anchor at the Guincho inlet on the singular San Fernando de Nuevitas wharf.
Many time the Man and the sea author, He it lodged in some of the hotels in Camagüey at the Republic Street, from where he it disposes to go out in order to take the train to Nuevitas.
About him the most established practice was stayed at the San Jacinto stopping place in order to board a little yacht , with it cruised very early in the morning the bay, He went in at the known zone as la Zanja to go towards Boca Carabela between Sabinal Key and Guajaba Key, in one of the sloping bank of the waterway entrance, to some meters, in which somebody to some kilometers of Romano east extreme has stuck a cross.
In Nuevitas , He used lodge at a room of big windows and wooden floor, looking at the sea with wide balcony, at the restaurant- lodging known as El Gato Negro, famous for the service quality which offered, besides the delicious marine food that on its salon offered.
In the typical place it used to request moorish crabs, those that very close of the place They caught, also They ate up stew tortoise- shell, round slice of duck in sauce and sawfish pickled fish but his favourite food were the lobsters that the Isleño” the cook which did the best to prepare it
In one or two opportunities he lodged at the Miramar hotel, at the time situated in the Marti street, in front of the beautiful walk which it extends in the middle of the way that gives access where some times Hemingwaqy walked .
The Agustin El Tuerto tavern and the Colombian Woman lodging, were two edifications almost twins, these extend toward the sea upon pilotage, with lunchroom, restaurant, lodging and an extensive terrace exposed to the wave sea severity, boths places during the war world second very often were visited by Hemingway.
Carreras docks were the stage of multiples conversations of this man with Nuevitas fishermen, who assisted to the place with the purpose of unship his catch and fasten the ships in order to a new task to start.
Ernest Hemingway used to travel over from the wharf, the Puente zone and it saw him for la Gran Vía, the Comercio hotel, la Fonda del Chino, the cafeteria, El Chiorrito, The Niza movie, actually Nuevitas movie, the villiard room and Cafe Faro
In that way it saw honour the old San Fernando de Nuevitas streets, with the presence of this friend of Fidel, who doesn’t desisted with his determination of enjoyed of the burning sun in this isle, besides the sincere friendship with the cuban and which the Nuevitas citizens knew show him with excess.
