Travel Dates: March 3 2004.
This is one of my favourite photos I took while in Cuba. Havana is, well... beautiful. And very clean. The media always makes it look like a mess, but it's extremely clean. Look at the sidewalks, not a cigarette or cigar butt in sight. Not a "Coke" sign, flashing billboard, or cell phone ad posted anywhere. Just getting away from massive commercialization for awhile is so relaxing on the mind. It just needs a paint job. A few billion gallons would do it.
"This has to be it," I kept saying over and over. I wasn't completely sure at the time, but it was the "Plaza de la Revolucion" and it looks like giant parking lot. This shot is from the upper area where Fidel Castro gives his speeches on May 1st.
After we were finished at the Plaza, we went for a daquiri at one Hemingway's old haunts, El Floridita.
See my Havana Travelogues for more photos of Plaza de la Revolucion and La Floridita.
Another one of my favourite photos from Havana, a fisherman on the rocks just off the Malecon. A little cliche, but a great pic. We walked around Old Havana for a few hours, visited the art market, and walked a few kilometres up the Malecon.
See my Havana Travelogues for more photos of the Malecon.
- Pros:A beautiful, fun, vibrant city, can't take a bad photo here.
- Cons:Street cigar pushers.
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The Malecon is a 7-kilometre sea wall in Havana Bay that runs along one of the main arteries of the city. It is an... more travel advice
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Very impressive. I was there this summer, too. What an interesting world it is... and no one gets out alive, either.
You did a good detail presentation of the sites around the country-especially the cathedral. YOu may like to visit me one month trip to 11 parks in Utah and Arizona for future interest.
I would love to go to Cuba !
Good tips on Havana.I especially enjoyed the warning re Jineteras (it would make me crazy!) and the El Florodita tip.Hemingway left his mark for sure.
Great tip on El Floridita - sounds like a unique place out of the past. If the US ever drops its stupid restrictions, I'm sure Canadians will not be happy because now they can visit Cuba without any Americans. Cheers, Bill
interesting well-written tips... hope to get to havana at some stage...
do you know any places like that in PCD? G would love that!
Nice to see your Havana page ! I hope to come back there some day. It's almost 30 years ago I was there the last time... in 1978-1979.
I enjoyed this short tour of Havana, a place I've always wanted to visit but had to settle for Cayo Coco instead! Very insightful and useful tips on this historic little part of the world.
oi gringo - mucho gusto - what a great page - I would LOVE to go to Havanna and spend a bit of time there... maybe write my bestseller haha and drink Cuba-libre with the locals :) Have a good start to this week x (flowers are still bloooming!)
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