Pool and man on Malécon de la Habana

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JLHernandez, on November 26, 2007, said:

We call these pools "pocetas"

It is place where you can swim protected from the rough waves and perhaps a hungry shark.

Johan__, on November 26, 2007, said:

thanks! i saw some remains of wooden poles? you know what they where for?

JLHernandez, on November 26, 2007, said:

In the first part of last century they were sort of communal pools where the public could swim and bathe after paying few cents.

The official ones were roughly 15 meters by 6 meters, and about 4 meters deep.

35 years ago when I was a kid it was prohibited to swim in the Malecon; but we did it anyway. Now is accepted that anyone can do it, even the adults.

Johan__, on November 26, 2007, said:

thanks for the info!

in Havana, Cuba