Day 9

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Day 9

Kris' birthday in Havana, Cuba! Awesome day tours and a night at the Tropicana!

The cruise terminal

We finally got to where we turn in.
Turning

Our termonal is the first building on the right. You can see a smaller cruise ship on the other side of the building.
Classic cars

We could already see quite a few classic cars from the ship!
Tour time!

Once the ship stopped it was time to meet up with our tour. We had to meet in the theater and wait for our tour to leave.
In Havana!

To get off the ship we had to pre-buy a visa. We bought ours through the cruise line. As Americans We were required to do 8 hours…
Money line

The next stop after passing the visa and health screen was the money line. They asked only one person per group stand in line for…
Welcome to Havana!

I waited for Bill downstairs by the buses. I was talking to an elderly woman while we both waited for our husbands. She told me sh…
Best of Havana

We were on the "Best of Havana" tour. It was 8 hours long and covered our person-to-person requirements! Our guide was named Osmin…
Travelers

I was just amazed at all the people with suitcases. They must have come off of the other cruise ship. I was expecting more people…
Museum of the Revolution

A lot of pictures from today are going to be taken from the bus. We covered a lot in 8 hours. We did get out a few times.
Tank!

It's in front of the Museum of the Revolution. I just liked the tank seemingly in the middle of town.
Granma Memorial

It's part of the Museum of the Revolution. It has the Granma inside. THe Granma is the boat that brought Fidel Castro and 81 other…
Classic Taxi

Our tour guide told us that the classic cars were for the tourists only. Not a lot of people owned classic cars, they own Russian…
Cool

Even if they were for tourists, we still took a ton of pictures of the cars. Some were restored pretty nicely, some looked good fr…
National Museum of Fine Arts

They had a lot of cool buildings.
More cars!

They were everywhere. I never really tired of seeing them. It made the whole day feel like we went back in time, so did a lot of t…
Hotel Saratoga

I like this picture of the hotel with the buggy in front. Even a dog, which I didn't see at the time. We didn't see many dogs.
Fieles a nuestra historia

True to our history. Instead of a lot of product advertisements there are billboards and signs with revolutionary propaganda. With…
Old Havana

Sad we just drove down this street. it was really cool! I would have loved to walk it.
Paint

Osmin told us Cuba doesn't get a lot of paint imported. There was a lot of peeling paint but it just gave everything character.