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Day 9

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

National monument

It was impossible to catch the National Monument marker in the photos since the statue was so high. I ran in front of everyone's p…
From the base

The statue was inaugurated on December 24, 1958. Just fifteen days later, on January 8, 1959, Fidel Castro entered Havana during t…
Cigar and rum

Locals suggest that the statue was sculpted to depict a cigar in the right hand and a mojito in the left hand, honoring popular Cu…
Fort staircase

This was so fancy for just a staircase to cross the street. I had to take a picture.
Cool sculpture

I couldn't figure out what this was and we were in a hurry to leave. I just liked the sculpture. The arms are cool.
Pay phones!

Working pay phones! I got more than a little excited.They're so retro too!
Arriving at the fort

Really old tree at the entrance to Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña or "La Cabaña," as the local call it.
Big gun!

Still walking in to the fort.
Finally at the gate!
Drawbridge

Crossing the drawbridge! They left the old hardware in place.
Dry moat
Second largest fort

When it was completed in 1774, La Cabaña was the second-largest colonial military installation in the New World. Over the next two…
Cannon balls!
Cool entrance!
Drawbridge machinery

I love the old hardware in these forts.
Cool inside

It was very cool inside. I like the doors.
Big!

It was so much larger and spacious inside than I thought. It was like a little city. Down this street you can see to the ocean.
The other way

You can see the different buildings in the distance. This is where the troops used to stay. Open space within the fortress where t…
Memorial

A memorial to the memory of the Feliciano Captain Risech Amat. "Your memory will last to encourage our institution."
Another gun

No idea why it's turned toward the fort.