Havana
About Havana
Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2021 was 2,142,939 inhabitants, and its area is 728.26 km2 (281.18 sq mi) for the capital city and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone. Its official population was 1,749,964 inhabitants in 2024.
On the show — 19 mentions total
In 1969, 82 planes were hijacked. One suggestion sent to the American FAA was setting up a fake Havana airport in South Florida, so the pilot says okay, gonna fly you to Cuba. They fly around the sea for a bit and then fly back.
from 110: No Such Thing As A Dull Post Box, 2016-04-22 at 00:10:42 · read transcript
Other times Havana came up
Of duty actually just in their lives in January because there were lots who lost arms in sea battles as Sir Freshville did Sackville Tufton was wounded at the Battle of Schoonervld Brooke Watson lost his right leg to a shark in Havana in 1749 I mean these guys had really interesting careers What's he doing there?
No Such Thing As A Reindeer Stockbroker, 2024-01-25 · listen
There's a weird coincidence about him or just like a weird collision of histories where his parents owned a restaurant in Key West, which is called Victoria, and they sold it to a guy called Joe Russell, who was mates with Ernest Hemingway, who'd recently come from Cuba. Ernest Hemingway has come from Cuba. He visits this restaurant that's just been sold by Bumfato's family. He says, you know what, you should call this place Sloppy Joe's, because that's the name of a place that I used to go to Havana. That is now incredibly iconic. I've been there.
533: No Such Thing As The Farto Phone, 2024-05-30 · listen
Wow, that is, yeah, that's pretty intense for our first meeting. One more thing on Lewis. He went to Havana. He was sent to Havana. by Ian Fleming, pretty cool in 1959. He was meeting up with a guy called Ed Scott, who was one of the models for James Bond. So that's already a very exciting James Bondi espionage meeting that's happening between Norman Lewis and Ed Scott in Havana.
No Such Thing As A Fourteen Humped Camel, 2021-10-08 · listen
Pretty cool. In 1959 and he was meeting up with a guy called Ed Scott who was one of the models for James Bond. So that's already a very exciting James Bondy espionage meeting that's happening between Norman Lewis and Ed Scott in Havana. Not only that the meeting was observed by Graham Greene who then used that meeting scene in his novel our man in Havana. Really?
394: No Such Thing As A Fourteen Humped Camel, 2021-10-08 · listen
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110: No Such Thing As A Dull Post Box put 2 places on the map.
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