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According to  The New York Times , the base hosts outdoor movie nights, weekly flamenco classes, a kickball league, and even an annual marathon. "I was surprised several times to see how something so close to American suburban life occurred alongside a detention system so un-American that had been intentionally kept off American soil ," said Times  correspondent Dave Philipps. When Mirk visited the base earlier this year, the local library was hosting an Escape Room, "without irony," he noted.

A roadside sign at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay advertising an Escape Room at the local library. A roadside sign at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay advertising an Escape Room at Sweden Mobile Number List the local library. Courtesy of Sarah Mirk This is what the entrance to the Navy Exchange store looked like in Guantánamo Bay in 2012. The souvenir store is part of the complex. The entrance to the Navy Exchange store at Guantanamo Bay, October 2012. The entrance to the Navy Exchange store at Guantanamo Bay, October 2012.



Wikimedia Commons The objects sold in the store range from the most touristy to the extremely rare. First, there is a shelf with mugs with photos of the bay. The items on sale at the shop range from touristy to downright bizarre.  First, here's a shelf of mugs with photos of the bay. Courtesy of Sarah Mirk Some mugs have flags of the United States, Cuba or Jamaica, representing the countries whose citizens live on the base. Some other mugs have the flags of the US, Cuba, and Jamaica on them — likely representing the countries whose citizens live on the base.