Society for Viral Studies Photo Archive

VIROLOGY CLUB IN CUBA:

Document 1: Letter from ambassador approving members' trip to Cuba

Document 2: License from U.S. Dept. of Treasury

Document 3: Second page of US. Dept. of Treasury License

Dr. Maruniak sleeping on the airport floor - there are no beds in MIA

Welcome to Havana, Cuba!

The Crew at the hotel

View from the hotel

The Crew in one of the rooms

Another picture in the room

Greg, Aissa, Anna, and Tommie at a Havana plaza

Greg, Aissa, Anna, and Tommie with a Cuban

Maruniak, Anna, Tommie, and Aissa at a Fort

Dr. Maruniak on the coast

Heather and Helena (Chapman & Chapman) on the coast

The Crew at the Hotel Lido rooftop

The view from the hotel rooftop

Cuban public transportation... we passed on this

Helena, Dr. Maruniak, Lindsey, and Ali dancing at a restaurant

David listening to the mariachis (or whatever they're called in Cuba)

A Havana Street

A Cuban policeman. This picture is harder to get than you might think.

Lindsey, Ali, Tommie, and Anna at the beach in front of a cool, old car

Mariachis serenading Aissa and Anna at the beach

Shaun and LJ resting at the beach

The Crew calls it a day at the beach

Helena and Shaun dancing away at the beach. ¡Cha Cha Cha!

The missing link: Shaun is a monkey. Look for yourself.

The Crew at Instituto Pedro Kouri (IPK)

In the IPK Show Room

Helena and Heather with a Cuban Doctor

Dr. Maruniak with the Cuban Scientists

The Crew with the Cuban Scientists

LJ and Anna help themselves to someone's vehicle. Run for it!

Dr. Maruniak and Tommie wonder how this car is still running...

The Crew in front of a police station, not a museum like some of us thought...

Anna, Ali, Tommie, and Greg in a Havana store

Lindsey and David, curbside pondering

The Crew "VC'ing" in front of a Museum

The Crew, smokin, listening to live music... the good life!

Lindsey and Aissa smoking and eating. LINDSEY! What are you doing with that Cuban cigar?!? And you're too young to drink!!! (that was from your mother)

Ali and David - aka The Goodfellas - aka Scarface and the Godfather .. aka.. Wannabe mafiosos

Maruniak, LJ, and Tommie. LJ is unwraping his Cuban, Tommie is boasting her Havana Club. Drink responsibly!

Shaun Opie's message to the world: Everyone! Be merry!

Helena steals the show with her infamous bongos

Sunrise in Havana... ahhhh, what a good vacation. Who's calling us dorks now?!? Ok, we are. Stop it.

Lindsey and Ali waiting to travel. Is it just me or do you see the chemistry here?

Lindsey and Ali at a marketplace (not the one in Gainesville...)

The Crew watching some kids play soccer. Note: They are playing on hard cement. Ouch?

Lindsey, Anna, and Ali at the pizza restaurant which provided most of our sustenance

Aissa, Lindsey and Heather in front of the Capitolio

The Crew at Dinner with a Cuban Scientist

The Crew partying it up with the Hotel Lido staff

On the way to Veradero... view from atop a bridge

Ali and Tommie hugging on the way to Veradero

Chapman & Chapman posing for the camera on the way to Veradero

The Crew dancing at a stop on the way to Veradero. Best Pina Coladas ever!!!

Jorge, our faithful cab driver, who happens to also be a lawyer. That's Cuba for you.

Chicken fighting at the beach in Veradero. Lindsey isn't very good at it.

Shaun Opie epitomizes "Coolness" while at a Veradero bar

Tommie and Shaun enjoying the Veradero Beach together

This somehow says "VC" (for Virology Club)... your parents would be proud

Tommie, Anna, Dr. Maruniak, Shaun, and LJ - eating in a Cuban beach, with good company, and cold Cuban beer. Typical Virology Club trip.

The Crew at the end of the day in Veradero. Why does someone always have to ruin a good picture... David?

On the way back, this is the "car" in front of us. They obviously did not have any room for us.

Heather and Helena in front of the Plaza of the Revolucion. This does not mean they endorse it, though. Or does it? Chapmans... call on line 1 from McCarty...

Ali, Anna, and Tommie resting after touring a Cuban cemetary. Happy to make it out alive.

Cuban cemetary in Havana - very historic site

Shaun in front of a cannon. DUCK!!!

Shaun Opie owns Havana

This is Helena and her Cuban boyfriend. Helena is now coming over to kill me for writing this.

Helena keeping busy with her research. This is a common site during the trip.

Aissa, Dr. Maruniak, Shaun, and Helena at the home of a Cuban scientist

Lindsey giving Heather a deathlock in their hotel room. Ok, ok, they're just hugging.

Tommie, Anna, David and Heather - the last smoke of the trip!

Lindsey and Heather with our lovely, sweetheart of a maid. We'll miss her.

Cuba Libre on a wall

Revolucion es...

Leaving Havana!

Finally arrived back in UF - Entomology Dept.

Second picture of the batch

Ali and David at Plaza of Revolution

Anna and David at IPK

David and Lindsey in a Havana Street

Heather, David, Ali, Anna, Tommie, and LJ outside Hotel Plaza

Dr. Maruniak, David, Aissa, and Greg at the Museum of the History of the Revolution

The Crew at the Beach

The Crew Eating Lobster on the Beach

VIROLOGY CLUB MEMBERS AND IMAGES

(Anna Maria Copeland and a monkey)
(David Fleischman and Bernice Lo: 2002 CALS Leadership Banquet )
(David Fleischman)
(Dr. Maruniak)
(Candice Waked)
(Virology Club 2000 at the CDC in Atlanta)
(Virology Club 2000 Female Crew: Jennifer Lanoie, ?, Suzannah Laski, Shainah Brenner, Bernice Lo, Melissa Whaley, April Ehrenreich)
(Virology Club 2000 at the CDC in Atlanta: Suited up! Bernice Lo, Kitsch Lavallee, Dean Mantion, Suzannah Laski, Dr. Maruniak, April Ehrenreich, Jennifer Lanoie)
(Virology Club 2000 at the CDC in Atlanta: Suited up! Can you tell who is who??)
(Virology Club at Kazbor's after a meeting: GET INFECTED!)
(Virology Club 2000 at Six Flags!)